nonperson

Example Sentences

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He soon was rendered a nonperson within the Soviet Union, as his successor Leonid Brezhnev assumed the leadership.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2022

Not only was Paul Robeson — another great athlete of that first wave era — reduced to an Orwellian nonperson for all practical purposes.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2021

After Cosby's sentencing yesterday, a cultural critic wrote for CNN that the "verdict has only accelerated the process of transforming Bill Cosby into a nonperson."

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2018

He missed the cut for every other debate, flunking the ad hoc tests of polling strength, becoming a nonperson.

From Slate • Sep. 23, 2011

Prut was a nonperson, seemed almost as invisible as the mythical Invisible God Himself, and would remain so until called upon to do whatever Master Rababull commanded of him.

From Si'Wren of the Patriarchs by Cheney, Roland Jon