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noncharacter

noncharacter noun: that which is not a character (unit of text).

Noun

noncharacter (plural noncharacters)

  1. That which is not a character (unit of text).
    1. (Unicode) One of 66 code points (the 32 code points U+FDD0–U+FDEF, plus the last two code points—U+...FFFE and U+...FFFF—of each of the 17 planes) which are guaranteed never to be assigned and are intended for process-internal use.
  2. That which is not a character, as in literature.
    • Like the noncharacter at the center of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? the screen's nonimage and the man it effaces enable other forms of repression, […]2009, Marc Robinson, The American Play: 1787-2000, page 325
  3. A fictional character in a piece of literature or other media that lacks distinct personality traits, depth, or development.
    • She’s a non-character hyped up to sell merchandise.2023 February 14, penguintruth, “Asking out of geniuine curiosity: Do you really like Mari? Why?”, in reddit.com/r/evangelion

Forms of noncharacter

pluralnoncharacters
alternative formnon-character

Origin of noncharacter

From non- + character.

Questions about noncharacter

What does noncharacter mean?
Noncharacter means that which is not a character (unit of text).
What part of speech is noncharacter?
Noncharacter is a noun.
What is the plural of noncharacter?
The plural of noncharacter is noncharacters.

Words near noncharacter in the dictionary

  1. nonchannelized
  2. nonchaos
  3. nonchaotic
  4. nonchaotically
  5. nonchaotropic
  6. noncharacter
  7. noncharacteristic
  8. noncharacteristically
  9. noncharacterized
  10. noncharacters
  11. nonchargeable

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