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nonmembership

nonmembership

6.0
Not belonging to a group or organization
  • noun
  • /ˌnɒnˈmɛmbərʃɪp/
: 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
1 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
1 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
nonassociation
vsnonmembership
1 7.4

Not being connected with people or groups

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

Antonyms

212 2.7

Being part of a group or club

How Included

membership
212 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.