单词 | non-information |
释义 | non-informationn. 1. An absence or lack of information. ΚΠ 1852 Examiner 7 Feb. 82/1 If non-interference is to be pushed to the extent of..non-jurisdiction in moral questions, non-information, or the observance of a strict ignorance becomes necessary. 1863 M. Oliphant Salem Chapel I. xiii. 216 He did not answer with the alacrity of frank knowledge or simple non-information. 1977 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 104 74/2 Question-marks in the indications of distribution call attention to needed work. The assembly of non-information is almost as much a strength of this Flora as the assembly of information. 1996 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. B. 58 48 Why is there not a unique way to express complete ignorance, i.e. why should we try to reveal different aspects of non-information through the use of different non-informative priors? 2. Something that is presented as or purported to be information but is in fact not; insignificant or distracting information. Cf. disinformation n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > false assertion > [noun] > deliberate falsification cookery1611 non-information1930 disinformation1955 1930 A. Flexner Universities Amer., Eng., German 125 The questionnaire is not a scientific instrument: it is only a cheap, easy, and rapid method of obtaining information or non-information—one never knows which. 1964 Econometrica 32 263 Seasonal adjustment can then be viewed as a kind of prediction designed to remove a certain type of ‘non-information’ from the series. 1973 Contemp. Sociol. 2 422 ‘Democratic fund raisers, provide 10 to 15 per cent in certain metropolitan areas.’.. These ‘certain’ areas are not mentioned; his sources for this non-information are not cited. 1992 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 27 Dec. f8/2 The information age has left the public inundated and thus burned out with non-information/infotainment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1852 |
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