not-lifen.

Brit.

/ˈnɒtlʌɪf/, U.S.

/ˈnɑtˌlaɪf/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: not adv., life n.

Etymology: < not adv. + life n. Compare earlier non-life n.

Inanimate matter, esp. as contrasted with something living.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > absence of life or consciousness > [noun] > that which is lifeless or inanimate

thing1589

inanimate1652

not-life1895

1895 Churchman No. 185. 251 Science..affirms that not-life can never under existing conditions produce life.

1943 J. S. Huxley Evol. Ethics i. 7 The scientific study of change, of becoming, of the production of novelty, whether of life from not-life, of a baby from an ovum.

1953 H. J. Massingham & E. Hyams Prophecy of Famine viii. 169 A short-circuiting of the life-cycle in terms of not-life.

1995 Lang. Q. 33 229 The last missing link in the evolutionary chain of being, a primordial living substance between life and not-life (this word his [sc. T. H. Huxley's] creation).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	not-life
释义	not-lifen. Brit. /ˈnɒtlʌɪf/, U.S. /ˈnɑtˌlaɪf/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: not adv., life n. Etymology: < not adv. + life n. Compare earlier non-life n. Inanimate matter, esp. as contrasted with something living. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > absence of life or consciousness > [noun] > that which is lifeless or inanimate thing1589 inanimate1652 not-life1895 1895 Churchman No. 185. 251 Science..affirms that not-life can never under existing conditions produce life. 1943 J. S. Huxley Evol. Ethics i. 7 The scientific study of change, of becoming, of the production of novelty, whether of life from not-life, of a baby from an ovum. 1953 H. J. Massingham & E. Hyams Prophecy of Famine viii. 169 A short-circuiting of the life-cycle in terms of not-life. 1995 Lang. Q. 33 229 The last missing link in the evolutionary chain of being, a primordial living substance between life and not-life (this word his [sc. T. H. Huxley's] creation). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1895
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