nonlocal

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10
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15
Letters
8

Definition of nonlocal

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Not local; not specific to a location
    “In 1967 the Smithsonian Institution set up a satellite exhibition and research center here, the Anacostia Community Museum, which defines community in a nonlocal way.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Not local; not specific to a location
    “In 1967 the Smithsonian Institution set up a satellite exhibition and research center here, the Anacostia Community Museum, which defines community in a nonlocal way.”

noun

  1. One who is not a local; a stranger or foreigner.
    “Touristic discourse is inherently unlocal: a construction of images and representations that delocalize a tourist destination, repackaging it into terms and images easily circulated and consumed by nonlocals.”
  2. An identifier that is not locally scoped.

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Etymology

From non- + local.

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