nobodinessn.
/ˈnəʊbədɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈnoʊˌbɑdinᵻs/, /ˈnoʊbədinᵻs/ rare before late 20th cent.
Anonymity; lack of significance or recognition as a person.
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the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun]
anonymousness1802
namelessness1805
anonymity1820
incognito1822
nobodiness1886
1886 J. R. Rees Pleasures of Book-worm v. 176 By far too many ‘stabs in the dark’ are inflicted under cover of editorial nobodyness.
1963 N.Y. Times 23 Aug. 24/6 For years and years Negroes have borne the burden of ‘nobodiness’.
1982 Washington Post (Nexis) 14 July a21 The fathers returned to the States, or died, or otherwise abandoned them to a life of nobodiness.
1993 Gnosis Winter 48/3 If you're going to be nobody, you'd better be somebody first so you've got someplace to come back to after you experience your nobodiness.
2000 Tri-State Defender (Memphis) (Nexis) 10 May 1 Veterans feel a sense of abandonment (nobodiness), as if ‘Uncle Sam’ had forgotten about their valour.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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