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uncommunication en · NOUN

Etymology

From un- + communication.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Absence of communication.
    • This includes not only their plastic capacity as puns, and the oddnesses residing in the names for food, foliage and products — for instance, the fact that probably no bachelor ever wore the flowers called “bachelor buttons,” or that a fabric’s neutral hue can be awarded names as various as pigeon, parmesan, platinum or pebble — but also their potential use as deliberate uncommunication […] 2009 August 30, Jonathan Lethem, “Eyes Wide Open”, in New York Times: