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nonmembership

nonmembership

6.0
Not belonging to a group or organization
  • noun
  • /ˌnɒnˈmɛmbərʃɪp/
translation icon : no pertenencia
  • Her nonmembership in the local book club meant she missed out on valuable discussions.

Examples

  • This time the challenger was another corporation—a nonprofit, nonmembership corporation that had registered with the FEC as a political action committee and whose purpose was to re-elect President Ronald Reagan.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Nonmembership costs, such as meal expenses, remain deductible if they otherwise meet the rules for deductibility.

    Academic text (1993)
  • But the resources are provided from a white perspective, incorporating majority values and behaviors, relegating the minority population to a position of nonalignment and nonmembership.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The student's nonmembership in the sports team did not prevent her from attending their games.

  • As a result of his nonmembership in the organization, he could not vote in the upcoming election.

Synonyms

outsiderness
vsnonmembership
1 7.7

Feeling separate from a group or community

is about the simple absence of formal inclusion rather than a personal feeling
outsideness
vsnonmembership
7.9

Feeling not part of a group or community

is a neutral status of not being included formally rather than a personal feeling
unbelonging
vsnonmembership
9.0

A feeling of not being accepted or part of a group

is the factual absence of formal inclusion rather than an emotional feeling
outness
vsnonmembership
9.6

A feeling of not being included in a group or activity

is the neutral lack of formal inclusion rather than active exclusion
nonassociation
vsnonmembership
7.4

Not being connected with people or groups

is the specific absence of formal inclusion rather than a general lack of contact

Antonyms

156 2.7

Being part of a group or club

How Included

membership
156 2.7
nonmembership
6.0

Surface Forms

nonmembership singular

Morphology

nonmembership = membership (transparent) = non + member + ship

Formed by straightforward negation of 'membership' with the productive prefix 'non-'; learners can derive it by negating the state of being a member.

Etymology

Nonmembership comes from the prefix non- meaning 'not' and the word membership, which comes from member. It literally means 'not belonging to a group' or 'not being a member', so it describes the state of someone who does not belong to an organization.