nonperson

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Definition of nonperson in English English dictionary

Not a real person; a subhuman

How does hate work? One answer is that the poor person (or the Jew, or the Asian, or the Native American, or whoever) becomes, intellectually, linguistically, and emotionally, a lessperson, and then a nonperson.

Something other than a person; an object

For example, Benveniste discusses the connection of first- and second-person pronouns with the speech situation, and even goes as far as to claim that the third person is a nonperson, since the referents of third-person pronouns are not speech-act participants.

Not a legal entity

a person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights; a person whose existence is systematically ignored (especially for ideological or political reasons); "the former senator is treated as a nonperson by this administration"; "George Orwell predicted that political dissidents would be treated as unpersons

Etymology

() non- +‎ person