Nonencounter
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Failure to encounter something or somebody.
"Here, Cornish difference, particularly in the far west, is represented as originating in the insular, primitive and unworldly, and paradoxically reinforced through nonencounters with Islam."
Example
More examples"Here, Cornish difference, particularly in the far west, is represented as originating in the insular, primitive and unworldly, and paradoxically reinforced through nonencounters with Islam."
Etymology
From non- + encounter.
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