nonperson
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Mirroring the Scientology custom whereby anyone who badmouths the church is ostracized as a nonperson, the practice smacks of a cult. — WSJ, "Notable & Quotable: Banished," 23 Jan. 2019 Trotsky, for example, who had become a nonperson, is vivid in the book. — Olga Ingurazova, Smithsonian, "What Ever Happened to the Russian Revolution?," 29 Sep. 2017 No memoir captures the human damage better than scriptwriter Walter Bernstein’s humane and entertaining account of his 11 years as a nonperson in Hollywood and New York. — WSJ, "Five Best: Glenn Frankel," 24 Feb. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nonperson.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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