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

So, her property right is extinguished by nonrecognition?

From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2023

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

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

The orthodox theory of Jesus having reappeared in His physical body wholly fails to explain this nonrecognition by His disciples, who had been His everyday companions before His death.

From Mystic Christianity by William Walker Atkinson