non-subject
noun[C]
(alsononsubject)uk/ˌnɒnˈsʌb.dʒekt/us/ˌnɑːnˈsʌb.dʒekt/non-subjectnoun[C](AREA OF INTEREST)
a thing that is notdiscussedorstudied, orconsiderednot to bedeservingofdiscussionorstudy:
Herdaddismissivelycalledmediastudiesa non-subject.
Whether he did or not did not use aparticularword is a non-subject; whatmattersis what heactuallydid.
- Why has theissueofgunownershipbecomea nonsubject inrecentpoliticaldebate?
- Non-subjectresponsibilitieswithin theschoolaresharedbetween theteachingstaff.
- Traditionalistslookdowntheirnosesat what theycallnon-subjects such asfashionstudies.
Topics & areas of interest
- angle
- backyard
- bailiwick
- cause célèbre
- centrism
- con
- demesne
- domain
- front
- kingdom
- leitmotiv
- province
- scene
- score
- specialism
- specialization
- subject
- talk
- thematic
- theme
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Subjects & disciplines
non-subjectnoun[C](GRAMMAR)
languagespecialized
not agrammaticalsubject(= thepersonor thing thatperformstheactionof averb, or isjoinedto adescriptionby averb), or notrelatingto one:
The firstpartsof thefollowingsentencesin thislanguageare non-subjects.
Thesekindsof wordsrarelyappearin the non-subjectposition.
- In non-subjectquestions, thequestionis notaskingforinformationabout thesubject.
Linguistic terms & linguistic style
- affricate
- allophone
- allophony
- anaphor
- anaphora
- chatty
- colloquial
- distributive
- double entendre
- downtoner
- emphatic
- entailment
- etymological
- flowery
- oxymoron
- philological
- polysemy
- portmanteau word
- prescriptivism
- prescriptivist