nonmovement

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noun

Absence of movement; stillness.

OriginEnglish movement ← Middle English mevement ← Old French movement →
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Meanings

nounnonmovement (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAbsence of movement; stillness.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  16. Proto-Italic*moweō
  17. Latinmovēre
  18. Old Frenchmovoir
  19. Old Frenchmovement
  20. Middle Englishmevement
  21. Englishmovement
  22. Englishnonmovement

From non- + movement.

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APA

nonmovement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonmovement

MLA

“nonmovement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonmovement. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonmovement,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonmovement.

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