nonrecognition

American  

[non-rek-uhg-nish-uhn] / ˌnɒn rɛk əgˈnɪʃ ən /

noun

1. absence or lack of recognition.

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nonrecognition British  

/ ˌnɒnrɛkəɡˈnɪʃən /

noun

1. the act or an instance of refusing to acknowledge formally a government or the independence of a country

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Etymology

Origin of nonrecognition

First recorded in 1840–50; non- + recognition

Example Sentences

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nonrecognition

Worst case: blank stare, polite nonrecognition and the humiliation of realizing he doesn’t remember me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Echoing State Department warnings, he said that “if power is taken by force and an Islamic Emirate re-established, the Taliban would face nonrecognition, isolation, lack of international support.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2021

Yang describes “the peculiar burden of nonrecognition, of invisibility” carried by Asian men in America but also rejects the stereotypical and internalized notions of Asian Americanness.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2018

Civil unions, once seen as a way station between nonrecognition of gay and lesbian relationships and full marriage equality, may turn out to be more interesting than their origin in compromise might have predicted.

From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2012

How does her nonrecognition of Payne, her acquaintance with Booth, and the delivery of the message to Lloyd, compare with the long and startling array of facts proved against Weichmann out of his own mouth?

From The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) by Various