Noncharacter

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    That which is not a character (unit of text).
  2. 2
    That which is not a character (unit of text).; One of 66 code points (the 32 code points U+FDD0–U+FDEF, plus the last two code points—U+...FFFE and U+...FFFF—of each of the 17 planes) which are guaranteed never to be assigned and are intended for process-internal use.
  3. 3
    That which is not a character, as in literature.

    "Like the noncharacter at the center of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? the screen's nonimage and the man it effaces enable other forms of repression, […]"

  4. 4
    A fictional character in a piece of literature or other media that lacks distinct personality traits, depth, or development.

    "She’s a non-character hyped up to sell merchandise."

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"Like the noncharacter at the center of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? the screen's nonimage and the man it effaces enable other forms of repression, […]"

Etymology

From non- + character.

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