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nonparent

nonparent

5.1
Not having any children
  • adjective
  • /nɒnˈpɛrənt/
translation icon : sin hijos
  • She decided to remain nonparent so she could travel and explore the world.
  • nonparent family
  • step, single, and nonparent
  • single, and nonparent

Examples

  • Those living with a single parent are next, followed by respondents who live in stepparent and nonparent households.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The research makes comparisons between youths living in two-parent homes where both the biological father and mother are present and those who live in single-parent, stepparent, or nonparent families.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The relative effect for the two-parent family is almost twice that found for step-, single, and nonparent family types.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The relative effect of the two-parent family is again almost twice that found for step, single, and nonparent families.

    Academic text (2006)
  • This difference is minimal, however, with 15% of the variation explained by living in a two-parent family compared to 13% for step-, single, and nonparent family types.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Risk factors were television viewing hours (at age 4 years), and both maternal employment and nonparent child care settings (in the child's first year).

    Academic text (2012)
  • Due to the large size of our sample, the analysis is largely reported through the use of a series of contingency tables comparing youths in two-parent, step-, single, and nonparent families.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The evidence referenced is but a small fraction of the extant literature citing empirical differences between youths raised in two-parent and single/step/nonparent families.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Tables 4 through 6 focus on a comparison of the 9,311 respondents who reported they live most of the time with both parents and the 6,144 who do not live with both parents (i.e., we have combined the totals for step, single, and nonparent families into a single category).

    Academic text (2006)
  • Many people are choosing to remain nonparent to focus on their careers and personal development.

Synonyms

childless
vsnonparent
24 4.1

Having no children

is a neutral statement of not having children without mentioning reasons
childfree
vsnonparent
1 5.7

Not having children by choice

is neutral and does not stress personal choice as the reason

Antonyms

1.0

A person who is a child's mother or father and raises them

Surface Forms

nonparent positive

Morphology

nonparent = parent (transparent) = non + parent

Formed by the productive negative prefix 'non-' plus the clearly identifiable base 'parent', so the meaning is directly not being a parent.

Etymology

Nonparent combines non- meaning 'not' and parent meaning 'mother or father', so as an adjective it describes someone who is 'not a parent' or does not have children. Think of non- like in nonstop or nonprofit, which also mean 'not', to help you remember it.