nonname

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noun

Something, such as a word, that is not a name.

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Meanings

nounnonname (plural nonnames)

plural nonnames · alternative non-name

  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; […]

    2012, Jonathan Abel, Redacted: The Archives of Censorship in Transwar Japan, page 226

Origin

From non- + name.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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