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nondefinition

nondefinition noun: that which is not a definition, or fails to define properly.

Noun

nondefinition (plural nondefinitions)

  1. That which is not a definition, or fails to define properly.
    • The feminists were so assertive as to conceive, announce, and establish a new definition of woman and, somewhat incidentally, of man. The new definitions were in a sense nondefinitions — no more than possible identities — so as to help create the new gender-neutral society.2006, Harvey Claflin Mansfield, Manliness, page 122

Forms of nondefinition

pluralnondefinitions

Origin of nondefinition

From non- + definition.

Questions about nondefinition

What does nondefinition mean?
Nondefinition means that which is not a definition, or fails to define properly.
What part of speech is nondefinition?
Nondefinition is a noun.
What is the plural of nondefinition?
The plural of nondefinition is nondefinitions.

Words near nondefinition in the dictionary

  1. nondefinability
  2. nondefinable
  3. nondefined
  4. nondefining
  5. nondefinite
  6. nondefinition
  7. nondefinitional
  8. nondefinitions
  9. nondefinitive
  10. nondeflated
  11. nondeflationary

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