nonperson
/ˈnɒnpɜː(ɹ)sən/
nonperson noun: not a real person; a subhuman.
Noun
nonperson (plural nonpersons or nonpeople)
- Not a real person; a subhuman.
- As all lives must end, do you prefer to die as a nonperson, forgotten in a nursing home and totally stripped of dignity and independence?1989, Michael C. Kearl, Endings: A Sociology of Death and Dying, page 146
- Arguably, what is so hateful about a hate crime is that it is an attempt by some individual or group to treat a Person as a Nonperson.1994, Lisa J. McIntyre, Law in the Sociological Enterprise, page 92
- Something other than a person; an object.
- Taken together, all the results suggested that discrimination of person from nonperson slides was not controlled by an obvious single stimulus feature.1995, Roger K. R. Thompson, “Natural and Relational Concepts in Animals”, in Comparative Approaches to Cognitive Science, page 179
- No nonperson is psychologically indistinguishable from you.2001, Eric T. Olson, “A Compound of Two Substances”, in Soul, Body, and Survival, page 77
Synonyms of nonperson
Forms of nonperson
| plural | nonpersons |
|---|---|
| plural | nonpeople |
Origin of nonperson
From non- + person.
Questions about nonperson
- What does nonperson mean?
- Nonperson means not a real person; a subhuman.
- What part of speech is nonperson?
- Nonperson is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nonperson?
- Nonperson is pronounced /ˈnɒnpɜː(ɹ)sən/.
- What is the plural of nonperson?
- The plural of nonperson is nonpersons.
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