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Etymology edit

non- +‎ conversation

Noun edit

nonconversation (countable and uncountable, plural nonconversations)

  1. That which is not a conversation; especially a discussion that cannot be regarded as a conversation (because, for example, only one person is speaking).
    • 2007 June 15, Ben Ratliff, “McCartney, Almost Within Touching Distance”, in New York Times[1]:
      He used no pyro or video backdrop, and the audience stood close enough to its hero that it could hold nonconversations with him.

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