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==English== |
==English== |
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===Alternative forms=== |
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* {{alter|en|non-entity}} |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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{{prefix|en|non|entity}} |
From {{prefix|en|non|entity}}. |
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===Noun=== |
===Noun=== |
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{{en-noun|~}} |
{{en-noun|~}} |
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# {{lb|en|countable}} An [[unimportant]] or [[insignificant]] person. |
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#* {{RQ:Landon Francesca Carrara|pages=201–202|pageref=202|volume=III|text=The Queen Mother detests, but she dreads me—my uncle is indifferent, but finds me of use—our new Queen is already a '''nonentity'''—and Louis knows that my house is the most agreeable in Paris.}} |
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=1973|author=Patrick O'Brian|title=[[w:HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]]|isbn=9780002213165|page=|passage=But I am not the penniless '''nonentity''' I was when we first met; I can offer an honorable if not a brilliant marriage; and at the very lowest I can provide my wife – my widow, my relict – with a decent competence, an assured future.}} |
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1973|author=Patrick O'Brian|title=[[w:HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]]|isbn=9780002213165|page=|passage=But I am not the penniless '''nonentity''' I was when we first met; I can offer an honorable if not a brilliant marriage; and at the very lowest I can provide my wife – my widow, my relict – with a decent competence, an assured future.}} |
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#* {{RQ:Rowling Harry Potter|book=4|page=179|passage=Imagine them not even getting his name right, Weasley, it's almost as though he's a complete '''nonentity''', isn't it?}} |
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# {{lb|en|uncountable}} |
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} The state of not existing; [[nonexistence]]. |
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#* {{RQ:Landon Romance|page=201|volume=III|passage=New objects, new amusements, will occupy her mind; and unhappiness, equally unsuspected and unspoken, will die of its own '''nonentity'''.}} |
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====Synonyms==== |
====Synonyms==== |
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* See also [[Thesaurus:nonentity]] |
* See also [[Thesaurus:nonentity]] |
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====Derived terms==== |
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* {{l|en|nonentitize}} |
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* {{l|en|nonentityism}} |
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====Translations==== |
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* Czech: {{t+|cs|nýmand|m}} |
* Czech: {{t+|cs|nýmand|m}} |
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* Dutch: {{t+|nl|schertsfiguur|m|f}} |
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|schertsfiguur|m|f}} |
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|nolla}} |
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* French: {{t+|fr|moins-que-rien|m|f}} |
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* Icelandic: {{t|is|smámenni|n}}, {{t+|is|núll|n}} |
* Icelandic: {{t|is|smámenni|n}}, {{t+|is|núll|n}} |
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* Italian: {{t|it|uomo da niente|m}}, {{t+|it|zero assoluto}}, {{t+|it|nullità|f}}, {{t+|it|estraneo|m}}, {{t+|it|sconosciuto|m}} |
* Italian: {{t|it|uomo da niente|m}}, {{t+|it|zero assoluto}}, {{t+|it|nullità|f}}, {{t+|it|estraneo|m}}, {{t+|it|sconosciuto|m}} |
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*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|null|n|m}} |
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|null|n|m}} |
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*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|null|n|m}} |
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|null|n|m}} |
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|miernota|f}} |
* Polish: {{t+|pl|miernota|f}} |
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|ничто́жество|n}} |
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ничто́жество|n}} |
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* Slovak: {{t|sk|niktoš|m}} |
* Slovak: {{t|sk|niktoš|m}} |
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* Swedish: {{t+|sv|nolla}} |
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* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|нікче́ма|m|f}}, {{t|uk|жалюгі́ддя|n}} |
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* Urdu: {{t|ur|ادنیٰ|m|tr=adnā}} |
* Urdu: {{t|ur|ادنیٰ|m|tr=adnā}} |
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Latest revision as of 23:11, 18 August 2024
See also: non-entity
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]nonentity (countable and uncountable, plural nonentities)
- (countable) An unimportant or insignificant person.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 201–202:
- The Queen Mother detests, but she dreads me—my uncle is indifferent, but finds me of use—our new Queen is already a nonentity—and Louis knows that my house is the most agreeable in Paris.
- 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise, →ISBN:
- But I am not the penniless nonentity I was when we first met; I can offer an honorable if not a brilliant marriage; and at the very lowest I can provide my wife – my widow, my relict – with a decent competence, an assured future.
- 2000 July 8, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], “Mad-Eye Moody”, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter; 4), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 179:
- Imagine them not even getting his name right, Weasley, it's almost as though he's a complete nonentity, isn't it?
- (uncountable) The state of not existing; nonexistence.
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 201:
- New objects, new amusements, will occupy her mind; and unhappiness, equally unsuspected and unspoken, will die of its own nonentity.
Synonyms
[edit]- See also Thesaurus:nonentity
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]an unimportant or insignificant person
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nonexistence — see nonexistence