noncharacter

Definitions

1. That which is not a character (unit of text).
2. One of 66 code points (the 32 code points U+FDD0–U+FDEF, plus the last two code points—U+...FFFE and U+...FFFF—of each of the 17 planes) which are guaranteed never to be assigned and are intended for process-internal use.
3. That which is not a character, as in literature.
4. A fictional character in a piece of literature or other media that lacks distinct personality traits, depth, or development.

Examples

“Like⟳ the noncharacter at the center of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? the screen's nonimage and the man it effaces enable other forms of repression, […]”

“She’s a non-character hyped up to sell⟳ merchandise.”

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