nonclassical

American  

[non-klas-i-kuhl] / nɒnˈklæs ɪ kəl /

adjective

1. not classical or contrary to classical precepts.

2. Physics. pertaining to a law, theory, or observation that cannot be expressed or understood in terms of Newtonian physics.

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Other Word Forms

• nonclassically adverb

Etymology

Origin of nonclassical

First recorded in 1925–30; non- + classical

Example Sentences

Phil appointment also was heralded by nonclassical musicians — including songwriter-guitarist Yordano and Venezuelan singer Nella Rojas, who worked with Dudamel on the 2020 documentary “Free Color.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2023

And the engineers who worked on “Chloë and the Next 20th Century,” the latest album from onetime Seattleite and current Sub Pop star Father John Misty, are up for best engineered album, nonclassical.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2023

Mr. Previn also won 10 competitive Grammys from 1958 to 2004, divided evenly between classical and nonclassical categories, and a lifetime achievement Grammy in 2010.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2019

No one who has heard Kendrick Lamar’s stunning album “Damn” could be at all surprised that it is the first nonclassical or jazz recording to win a Pulitzer Prize.

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2018

Yet even in their nonclassical Greek, the Gospels still convey an electrical power; they can move and excite and convert.

From The New Yorker • May 6, 1955