non-self

A form of nonself — Any entity other than oneself.

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Meanings

nounnon-self (countable and uncountable, plural non-selfs or non-selves)

plural non-selfs · plural non-selves

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of nonself.

    Signs are inherent in the various aspects of the immune system which differentiate self from non-self.

    2009, Bill Whitehouse, Meditations of a Sufi
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    For the artificial immune system, the recognition of the non-selfs is classified into two types according to the difference among the non-selfs, and the two approaches for recognizing the non-selfs are inspired from the innate immunity and the adaptive immunity in the biological immune system.

    2009, Hongwei Mo, Handbook of Research on Artificial Immune Systems and Natural Computing […]

    [W]e could at least begin to answer the question, What is self? by referring to some paradigm cases of selves . . . and some paradigm case of non-selves.

    2013, Shaun Gallagher, Models of the Self, →ISBN

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APA

non-self. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-self

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “non-self,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-self.

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