单词 | non-people |
释义 | non-peoplen. With plural agreement. Persons who are regarded as non-existent or unimportant, esp. with regard to entitlement to rights. Also with singular agreement: a group of persons regarded as unimportant or denied entitlement to rights. Cf. non-person n. ΚΠ 1850 E. Robinison Greek & Eng. Lexicon New Test. 527/1 οὔκ ἔθνος, οὐ λαός,..a non-people. 1967 B. Kaufman in S. Henderson Understanding New Black Poetry (1973) iii. 206 I am writing these lines to the responsible non-people. 1988 B. Sterling Islands in Net (1989) vi. 181 So you two are nonpeople, deep-background, off the record. 1998 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 Feb. 13/1 The idea that the British must agree to withdraw before the rights of Protestants could be considered was a political dead end which had turned the Protestants into a ‘non-people’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1850 |
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