non-recognition
noun[U]
(alsononrecognition)uk/ˌnɒn.rek.əɡˈnɪʃ.ən/us/ˌnɑːn.rek.əɡˈnɪʃ.ən/non-recognitionnoun[U](NOT ACCEPTING)
thefactof notagreeingthat something istrueorlegal:
Indigenouspeoplewereprotestingagainst the non-recognition oftheirlawsandculture.
Thegovernmenttriedtoremaininpowerdespitealmostuniversalnon-recognition ofitslegitimacy.
- Non-recognition ofunionswas morelikelytooccurin thenewerindustries.
- They had apolicyof non-recognition towardsEastGermany.
- It can be hard to get ajobthere because of the non-recognition ofoverseasqualifications.
Denying & contradicting
- abnegate
- abnegation
- apparently
- backtrack
- bubble
- burstsomeone'sbubbleidiom
- contradict
- counter-argue
- Dutchman
- fly
- fly in the face ofsomethingidiom
- in the same breathidiom
- rebuttal
- recantation
- refutation
- self-contradictory
- speak
- standsomethingonitsheadidiom
- tergiversation
- unadmitted
non-recognitionnoun[U](NOT KNOWING)
thefactof notknowingthat you haveseen,heard, orexperiencedsomeone or something before:
People would justwalkpast,exhibitingcompletenon-recognition.
Thestudentswesurveyedreportedtotalnonrecognition of both words.
Unaware
- be in the darkidiom
- be on another planetidiom
- benighted
- blind spot
- blindly
- blindness
- foggy
- Goodness/God/Heaven/Christ knowsidiom
- illiterate
- in blissful ignoranceidiom
- innumeracy
- innumerate
- insensate
- lost
- stump
- unacquainted
- unattuned
- unawakened
- unaware
- unawareness