nonplace

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nonplace

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Calque of French non-lieu, non- + place.

noun nonplaces · non-place

An anthropological space of transience where human beings remain anonymous, such as an airport or shopping mall. Marc Auge identifies the nonplace as both a symptom and product of supermodernity. Auge's designation of the nonplace is neither prescriptive nor apocalyptic, realizing that the differential relation between place and nonplace is never absolute. The proliferation of nonplaces, however, is directly r
That which is not a place but has some aspects of one, such as cyberspace.

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noun that which is not a place

Español	no-lugar
Français	non-lieu

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@misc{nonplace_2026,
  title = {nonplace},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nonplace},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}