uncommunication
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From un- + communication.
Noun
[edit]uncommunication (uncountable)
- Absence of communication.
- 2009 August 30, Jonathan Lethem, “Eyes Wide Open”, in New York Times[1]:
- This includes not only their plastic capacity as puns, and the oddnesses residing in the names for food, foliage and products — for instance, the fact that probably no bachelor ever wore the flowers called “bachelor buttons,” or that a fabric’s neutral hue can be awarded names as various as pigeon, parmesan, platinum or pebble — but also their potential use as deliberate uncommunication […]