Nonperson (Noun)
Meaning
A person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights; a person whose existence is systematically ignored (especially for ideological or political reasons); "the former senator is treated as a nonperson by this administration"; "George Orwell predicted that political dissidents would be treated as unpersons".
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The whistleblower was suddenly treated as a nonperson by the company after exposing the scandal.
- In the totalitarian regime, anyone who spoke out against the government was labeled a nonperson and erased from public records.
- The former dictator's name was never mentioned in the media, effectively making him a nonperson in the eyes of the public.
- After her controversial views were made public, the artist was shunned by the community and became a nonperson in the art world.
- In George Orwell's dystopian novel, political dissidents were systematically turned into nonpersons, their existence denied and their memories erased.