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nonconversation en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + conversation.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) That which is not a conversation; especially a discussion that cannot be regarded as a conversation (because, for example, only one person is speaking).
    • He used no pyro or video backdrop, and the audience stood close enough to its hero that it could hold nonconversations with him. 2007 June 15, Ben Ratliff, “McCartney, Almost Within Touching Distance”, in New York Times:

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nonconversations Number=Plur lexicographic