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nondiscussion

nondiscussion noun: discussion that is so fruitless as to be equivalent to having had no discussion.

Noun

nondiscussion (countable and uncountable, plural nondiscussions)

  1. Discussion that is so fruitless as to be equivalent to having had no discussion.
    • So their discussion is tantamount to nondiscussion. This is the first reason why there is no use (in having a parliament)...1967, Franz Schurmann, David Milton, Orville Schell, The China reader
    • Without recognition of the importance of balancing, discussions quickly deteriorate into nondiscussions; they become instead assertions by each side...1998, Peter Horn, Clinical ethics casebook

Forms of nondiscussion

pluralnondiscussions

Origin of nondiscussion

From non- + discussion.

Questions about nondiscussion

What does nondiscussion mean?
Nondiscussion means discussion that is so fruitless as to be equivalent to having had no discussion.
What part of speech is nondiscussion?
Nondiscussion is a noun.
What is the plural of nondiscussion?
The plural of nondiscussion is nondiscussions.

Words near nondiscussion in the dictionary

  1. nondiscriminator
  2. nondiscriminatorily
  3. nondiscriminators
  4. nondiscriminatory
  5. nondiscursive
  6. nondiscussion
  7. nondiscussions
  8. nondisease
  9. nondiseased
  10. nondiseases
  11. nondisenfranchised

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