nonentity

C2+ Topic:People & Society

Also spelled non-entity

US /nɑnˈɛntəti/ UK /nɒnˈɛntɪti/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person or thing of no importance; something that does not exist

Before his book sold, he was a literary nonentity.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person or thing of no... nobody cipher nothing mediocritynullity

Opposites

celebrity somebody entity

Word family

Related forms entity nonexistence

Etymology

From non- ('not') + entity, from Late Latin entitas, from ens, ent- ('being'), present participle of esse ('to be').

entitas Latin esse Latin

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives Register & Style

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# nonentity

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /nɑnˈɛntəti/
**IPA (UK):** /nɒnˈɛntɪti/

## Meanings
1. a person or thing of no importance; something that does not exist

## Examples
- Before his book sold, he was a literary nonentity.

## Synonyms
- nobody
- cipher
- nothing
- mediocrity
- nullity

## Antonyms
- celebrity
- somebody
- entity

## Related Forms
- entity
- nonexistence

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: entitas
- Root: esse

## Etymology
From non- ('not') + entity, from Late Latin entitas, from ens, ent- ('being'), present participle of esse ('to be').

## AI Etymology
Nonentity comes from non- ('not') + entity, from Late Latin entitas, from ens, ent- ('being'), present participle of esse ('to be'). The etymological trail includes Latin entitas and Latin esse. As a noun, nonentity means a person or thing of no importance; something that does not exist. The same family is visible in related forms such as entity and nonexistence. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- Register & Style

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