uncommunication
English
editEtymology
editFrom un- + communication.
Noun
edituncommunication (uncountable)
- Absence of communication.
- 2009 August 30, Jonathan Lethem, “Eyes Wide Open”, in New York Times[1]:
- This includes not only their plastic capacity as puns, and the oddnesses residing in the names for food, foliage and products — for instance, the fact that probably no bachelor ever wore the flowers called “bachelor buttons,” or that a fabric’s neutral hue can be awarded names as various as pigeon, parmesan, platinum or pebble — but also their potential use as deliberate uncommunication […]