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NONENTITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person of no influence
Synonyms:
cipher; cypher; nobody; nonentity
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nonentity" is a kind of...):
common man; common person; commoner (a person who holds no title)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nonentity"):
pip-squeak; small fry; squirt (someone who is small and insignificant)
jackanapes; lightweight; whippersnapper (someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of not existing
Synonyms:
nonentity; nonexistence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("nonentity" is a kind of...):
nonbeing (the state of not being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nonentity"):
irreality; unreality (the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact)
nihility; nothingness; nullity; void (the state of nonexistence)
impossibility; impossibleness (incapability of existing or occurring)
