单词 | non-ism |
释义 | non-ismn. Chiefly U.S. 1. The practice of prefacing a word or words with non-.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1961 J. Thurber in Harper's Mag. Dec. 41/1 There is non-fiction and non non-fiction... Speaking of nonism: the other day..the Paris Herald Tribune wrote, ‘The non-violence became noisier.’ 2. The practice of abstaining from substances and activities regarded as harmful to one's health or well-being. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > moderation in sensuous gratification > [noun] > abstinence abstinence?c1225 continencec1340 abstaining1395 continency1567 continuancea1625 non-ism1990 1990 N.Y. Times 27 May i. 22/4 His son..is stuck in a limbo of non-ism... He gave up drinking, drugs and caffeine, meat, sugar, dairy and wheat products, and sex. 1990 Times 13 June 11/4 This new creed of ‘non-ism’..draws on the fashion for absention from..all..contaminants, bodily or spiritual. 1993 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 30 Sept. b 1/3 Some call it New Puritanism, Neo-Prohibitionism or Non-ism, although those names are clumsy fits. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1961 |
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