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nonform

nonform noun: that which lacks a form; something inchoate.

Noun

nonform (uncountable)

  1. That which lacks a form; something inchoate.
    • The garden of nonform varies depending on who is defining the particular space. The garden of nonform is the source material of all prepurposed space.2003, Jonathan Eric Molvik, Prepurposed Space and the Garden of Nonform, page 1
    • The shaman […] enters nonform, the underlying chaos of the unconceptualized domain which has not yet been made a part of cosmos by the cultural activity of naming and defining.2023, Wayland D. Hand, American Folk Medicine: A Symposium, page 103

Origin of nonform

non- + form

Questions about nonform

What does nonform mean?
Nonform means that which lacks a form; something inchoate.
What part of speech is nonform?
Nonform is a noun.

Words near nonform in the dictionary

  1. nonforfeitable
  2. nonforfeiting
  3. nonforfeiture
  4. nonforfeitures
  5. nonforged
  6. nonform
  7. nonformal
  8. nonformalism
  9. nonformalistic
  10. nonformalizable
  11. nonformalized

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