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non-place

non-place is the alternative form of nonplace.

Meaning of nonplace

Noun

nonplace (plural nonplaces)

  1. An anthropological space of transience where human beings remain anonymous, such as an airport or shopping mall.
    • Marc Auge identifies the nonplace as both a symptom and product of supermodernity. Auge's designation of the nonplace is neither prescriptive nor apocalyptic, realizing that the differential relation between place and nonplace is never absolute. The proliferation of nonplaces, however, is directly...2000, Erika Suderburg, Space, Site, Intervention: Situating Installation Art, U of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 205
  2. That which is not a place but has some aspects of one, such as cyberspace.

Forms of non-place

pluralnon-places

Questions about non-place

What is non-place the alternative form of?
Non-place is the alternative form of nonplace.

Words near non-place in the dictionary

  1. non-physician
  2. non-physicians
  3. non-piezoelectric
  4. non-pilling
  5. non-pilot
  6. non-place
  7. non-places
  8. non-planned
  9. non-platform
  10. non-player character
  11. non-player characters

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