See noncharacter on Wiktionary
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"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
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"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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"ref": "2009, Marc Robinson, The American Play: 1787-2000, page 325:",
"text": "Like the noncharacter at the center of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? the screen's nonimage and the man it effaces enable other forms of repression, […]",
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}
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"That which is not a character, as in literature."
],
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]
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"ref": "2023 February 14, penguintruth, “Asking out of geniuine curiosity: Do you really like Mari? Why?”, in reddit.com/r/evangelion:",
"text": "She’s a non-character hyped up to sell merchandise.",
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],
"glosses": [
"A fictional character in a piece of literature or other media that lacks distinct personality traits, depth, or development."
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]
}
],
"word": "noncharacter"
}
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