"nonkin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: nonkins [plural], nonkin [plural], non-kin [alternative]
Etymology: From non- + kin. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|kin}} non- + kin Head templates: {{en-noun|s|nonkin}} nonkin (plural nonkins or nonkin)
  1. (mostly plural) A person who is not one's relative. Tags: plural Related terms: nonkinship

Inflected forms

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        "1": "en",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From non- + kin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nonkins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nonkin",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-kin",
      "tags": [
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  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1969, Frederic H. Chaffee, American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies, Area Handbook for the Philippines (page 176)",
          "text": "When it is necessary to state an unpleasant truth or an opposing opinion, or to make a request of a nonkin, it is done in as pleasant a speech as possible."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, Primate Report, numbers 28-31, page 33:",
          "text": "Table 3b: The general frequency of friendly contacts with in the same matriline and with nonkins in the group of Macaca arctoides.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Saraswati Raju, Santosh Jatrana, Women Workers in Urban India, page 280:",
          "text": "Among those who derive information related to work from personal contacts, nonkins, rather than kins, constitute the most important sources even for women.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who is not one's relative."
      ],
      "id": "en-nonkin-en-noun-VL8HZ27b",
      "links": [
        [
          "relative",
          "relative"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mostly plural) A person who is not one's relative."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "nonkinship"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nonkin"
}
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "kin"
      },
      "expansion": "non- + kin",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From non- + kin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nonkins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nonkin",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-kin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "nonkin"
      },
      "expansion": "nonkin (plural nonkins or nonkin)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "nonkinship"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English indeclinable nouns",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms prefixed with non-",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1969, Frederic H. Chaffee, American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies, Area Handbook for the Philippines (page 176)",
          "text": "When it is necessary to state an unpleasant truth or an opposing opinion, or to make a request of a nonkin, it is done in as pleasant a speech as possible."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, Primate Report, numbers 28-31, page 33:",
          "text": "Table 3b: The general frequency of friendly contacts with in the same matriline and with nonkins in the group of Macaca arctoides.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Saraswati Raju, Santosh Jatrana, Women Workers in Urban India, page 280:",
          "text": "Among those who derive information related to work from personal contacts, nonkins, rather than kins, constitute the most important sources even for women.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who is not one's relative."
      ],
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        [
          "relative",
          "relative"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mostly plural) A person who is not one's relative."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nonkin"
}

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