non-membershipn.
/nɒnˈmɛmbəʃɪp/, U.S. /nɑnˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp/ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > one who is separated or isolated > non-member > condition of
non-membership1653
1653 G. Firmin Sober Reply 37 He is under cure, but his cure is non-membership, a member cut off from the body.
2. The fact or condition of not belonging to an organization, class, society, etc.; an instance of this.
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1874 J. Doyle Plymouth Church & Pastor 548 It was declared in substance that, whereas certain charges had been made against him, and as he pleaded to those charges non-membership, his name be dropped from the roll.
1889 New Eng. Mag. Dec. 388 We have always thought this non-membership of women a mistaken policy.
1903 Daily Chron. 23 Mar. 5/4 On account of membership or non-membership of a labour union.
1991 Industr. Law Jrnl. 231 The risk of..punitive damages should deter any employer from deliberately discriminating against an employee on the ground of his or her membership or non-membership of a trade union.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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