nondetective

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adjective

Not involving a detective (as many mystery novels do).

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Meanings

adjectivenondetective (not comparable)
  1. not comparableliteratureNot involving a detective (as many mystery novels do).

    The closest character to Dupin in Poe's nondetective fiction is Roderick Usher in "The Fall of the House of Usher," that gothic nightmare of decadence...

    2000, David Lehman, The perfect murder: a study in detection

Origin

From non- + detective.

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APA

nondetective. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondetective

MLA

“nondetective.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondetective. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nondetective,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondetective.

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