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non-binarity

non-binarity noun: the quality of being non-binary (not binary); absence of binarity.

Noun

non-binarity (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being non-binary (not binary); absence of binarity.
    • Beyond Ladefoged's arguments for non-binarity (1970), I feel that the human nervous system is not constructed in a way that it could use binarity easily, either in perception or production.1975, General Linguistics
    • Through his use of ellipsis, understatement, unspecified agency, and non-binarity, Johnson is thus attempting to bring about a change in the status of the Negro without explicitly acknowledging or processing conflict and dispossession.1990, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Reading Black, Reading Feminist: A Critical Anthology, Plume
    Synonyms:
    non-binariness

Examples of non-binarity in a sentence

  • As regards its particular mass and age, and probably its non-binarity, "anthropic" explanations may seem in place.1998, Claus Fröhlich, M. Huber, S.K. Solanki, Rudolf von Steiger, Solar Composition and its Evolution — from Core to Corona: Proceedings of...
  • On the non-binarity of the null subject parameter2003, Josep Quer i Carbonell, Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2001: Selected Papers from 'Going Romance,' Amsterdam, 6-8 December...

Synonyms of non-binarity

Forms of non-binarity

alternative formnonbinarity

Origin of non-binarity

From non-binary + -ity or non- + binarity.

Questions about non-binarity

What does non-binarity mean?
Non-binarity means the quality of being non-binary (not binary); absence of binarity.
How do you use non-binarity in a sentence?
As regards its particular mass and age, and probably its non-binarity, "anthropic" explanations may seem in place.
What part of speech is non-binarity?
Non-binarity is a noun.

Words near non-binarity in the dictionary

  1. non-Bengali
  2. non-Bessemer
  3. non-biased
  4. non-binaries
  5. non-binariness
  6. non-binarity
  7. non-binary
  8. non-binding
  9. non-biney
  10. non-bio
  11. non-biodegradability

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