Nonname
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Something, such as a word, that is not a name.
"There are at least two separate categories of unnameables: first, there are big unnameables, with various deictic nonnames such as I am that I am, Yahweh, the Other, the Real, an outside always to come, and so on; […]"
Example
More examples"There are at least two separate categories of unnameables: first, there are big unnameables, with various deictic nonnames such as I am that I am, Yahweh, the Other, the Real, an outside always to come, and so on; […]"
Etymology
From non- + name.
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