Nonstyle
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nonstyle is a noun meaning That which is not a style; lack of style.
Meaning
That which is not a style; lack of style.
Example Sentences
Dada and Surrealism and other nonstyles
A laissez-faire style, characterized by passive indifference about the task and subordinates, is essentially a nonstyle.
His nonstyle is painfully evident when he is less than inspired: the "Faust" overture: empty bombast; the Wesendonck-Lieder: empty sentimentality.
The novel reveals its contradictory theory of representation when the narrator, describing the young Evadne's notebook, praises its style as a nonstyle[…]
Word Forms
- nonstyles
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stylelessness, standardlessness, stancelessness, simplicity, structurelessness, nontechnique.
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