| 单词 | nonperson |
| 释义 | nonperson[ non-pur-suhn ] / nɒnˈpɜr sən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR nonperson ON THESAURUS.COM nounsomeone whose existence or presence is not recognized. someone whose existence is denied or ignored by a government, political party, or the like, often as a punishment for disloyalty or dissent and sometimes resulting in the loss of personal liberty; unperson. Origin of nonpersonFirst recorded in 1905–10; non- + person Words nearby nonpersonnonperformer, nonperforming, nonperishable, nonpermanent, nonpersistent, nonperson, nonphysical, non placet, nonplayer character, nonplaying, nonplus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for nonpersonnon-person nouna person regarded as nonexistent or unimportant; a nonentity Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for nonpersonnonperson A former political leader whom a government wants the people to ignore, because the former leader's views or actions are considered unacceptable by the current government. This unusual practice is most commonly used in totalitarian states (see totalitarianism), where past leaders often disappear from the official histories of one regime and reappear in the histories of another. The creation of nonpersons was particularly striking in the former Soviet Union, where leaders such as Trotsky and Khrushchev became nonpersons even while they were alive. (See rehabilitation.) The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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