nonlocal

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nonlocal

adjective non-local

not comparable Not local; not specific to a location In 1967 the Smithsonian Institution set up a satellite exhibition and research center here, the Anacostia Community Museum, which defines community in a nonlocal way.
not comparable Not adhering to the principle of locality.

noun nonlocals · non-local

One who is not a local; a stranger or foreigner. Touristic discourse is inherently unlocal: a construction of images and representations that delocalize a tourist destination, repackaging it into terms and images easily circulated and consumed by nonlocals.
Similar: alien
An identifier that is not locally scoped.

Similar: outlander, peregrine

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Similar: outlander, peregrine

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@misc{nonlocal_2026,
  title = {nonlocal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nonlocal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}