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nonperson

noun

  1. something that is not a person
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈnɒnpɜː(ɹ)sən/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English non- Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person English nonperson From non- + person.

  1. Not a real person; a subhuman.

    “As all lives must end, do you prefer to die as a nonperson, forgotten in a nursing home and totally stripped of dignity and independence?”

    “Arguably, what is so hateful about a hate crime is that it is an attempt by some individual or group to treat a Person as a Nonperson.”

  2. Something other than a person; an object.

    “Taken together, all the results suggested that discrimination of person from nonperson slides was not controlled by an obvious single stimulus feature.”

    “No nonperson is psychologically indistinguishable from you.”