Nonstyle
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 That which is not a style; lack of style. countable, uncountable
"Despite the findings of recent critics, who have taken issue with the word, disputing its appropriateness to realism, this perception of the characteristic style of realism as a nonstyle has nevertheless been hard to dislodge."
Example
More examples"Despite the findings of recent critics, who have taken issue with the word, disputing its appropriateness to realism, this perception of the characteristic style of realism as a nonstyle has nevertheless been hard to dislodge."
Etymology
From non- + style.
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