NONPERSON

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights; a person whose existence is systematically ignored (especially for ideological or political reasons)

Example:

George Orwell predicted that political dissidents would be treated as unpersons

Synonyms:

nonperson; unperson

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("nonperson" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

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