Definition of NONPLACE

nonplace

Meanings

Plural: nonplaces

Noun

  • An anthropological space of transience where human beings remain anonymous, such as an airport or shopping mall.
  • That which is not a place but has some aspects of one, such as cyberspace.

Origin / Etymology

Calque of French non-lieu, non- + place.

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