Non-binarity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Non-binarity is a noun meaning The quality of being non-binary (not binary); absence of binarity.
Meaning
The quality of being non-binary (not binary); absence of binarity.
Example Sentences
On the non-binarity of the null subject parameter
Beyond Ladefoged's arguments for non-binarity (1970), I feel that the human nervous system is not constructed in a way that it could use binarity easily, either in perception or production.
Nor can we maintain the converse position that a defining property of parameters is non-binarity, as there appear to be some, most notably the directionality parameters, which by their very nature are binary.
Through his use of ellipsis, understatement, unspecified agency, and non-binarity, Johnson is thus attempting to bring about a change in the status of the Negro without explicitly acknowledging or processing conflict and dispossession.
Word Forms
- nonbinarity
Synonyms for non-binarity
Depending on context, synonyms include non-binariness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include non-binariness, binaryness, binariness, nonsexuality, non-self-duality, nonassociativity.
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