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non-entity

non-entity is the alternative form of nonentity.

Meaning of nonentity

Noun

nonentity (countable and uncountable, plural nonentities)

  1. (countable) An unimportant or insignificant person or thing.
    • The Queen Mother detests, but she dreads me—my uncle is indifferent, but finds me of use—our new Queen is already a nonentity—and Louis knows that my house is the most agreeable in Paris.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 201–202
  2. (uncountable) The state of not existing; nonexistence.
    • New objects, new amusements, will occupy her mind; and unhappiness, equally unsuspected and unspoken, will die of its own nonentity.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 201

Forms of non-entity

pluralnon-entities

Questions about non-entity

What is non-entity the alternative form of?
Non-entity is the alternative form of nonentity.

Words near non-entity in the dictionary

  1. non-empirical ego
  2. non-empirical egos
  3. non-empty
  4. non-engineering
  5. non-entities
  6. non-entity
  7. non-enumerated
  8. non-enumerated right
  9. non-enumerated rights
  10. non-enzymatic
  11. non-equilibrium

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