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nonclassic

nonclassic adjective: nonclassical.

Adjective

nonclassic (not comparable)

  1. nonclassical

Noun

nonclassic (plural nonclassics)

  1. Something that is not a classic.
    • He's seen critical classics (including the work of David Cronenberg and George Romero), popular classics (Friday the 13th, Halloween), and nonclassics (Happy Birthday to Me, My Bloody Valentine).1988 October 14, Holly Greenhagen, “Theater Notes: 80 gallons of blood a month”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 30 Oct 2020

Forms of nonclassic

pluralnonclassics

Origin of nonclassic

From non- + classic.

Questions about nonclassic

What does nonclassic mean?
Nonclassic means nonclassical.
What part of speech is nonclassic?
Nonclassic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonclassic in the dictionary

  1. nonclandestine
  2. nonclarified
  3. nonclashing
  4. nonclass
  5. nonclasses
  6. nonclassic
  7. nonclassical
  8. nonclassicalities
  9. nonclassicality
  10. nonclassically
  11. nonclassics

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