English Explanatory Dictionary

nonplace

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An anthropological space of transience where human beings remain anonymous, such as an airport or shopping mall.
  2. That which is not a place but has some aspects of one, such as cyberspace.

Word forms

nonplace nonplaces non-place

Etymology

Calque of French non-lieu, non- + place.

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