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nonconversation

nonconversation noun: that which is not a conversation; especially a discussion that cannot be regarded as a conversation (because, for example, only one person is speaking).

Noun

nonconversation (countable and uncountable, plural nonconversations)

  1. That which is not a conversation; especially a discussion that cannot be regarded as a conversation (because, for example, only one person is speaking).
    • He used no pyro or video backdrop, and the audience stood close enough to its hero that it could hold nonconversations with him.2007 June 15, Ben Ratliff, “McCartney, Almost Within Touching Distance”, in New York Times

Forms of nonconversation

pluralnonconversations

Origin of nonconversation

From non- + conversation.

Questions about nonconversation

What does nonconversation mean?
Nonconversation means that which is not a conversation; especially a discussion that cannot be regarded as a conversation (because, for example, only one person is speaking).
What part of speech is nonconversation?
Nonconversation is a noun.
What is the plural of nonconversation?
The plural of nonconversation is nonconversations.

Words near nonconversation in the dictionary

  1. nonconventionally
  2. nonconvergence
  3. nonconvergent
  4. nonconverging
  5. nonconversant
  6. nonconversation
  7. nonconversational
  8. nonconversations
  9. nonconversion
  10. nonconverted
  11. nonconverter

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