Nonperson
(noun)
A person who is not recognized as a legal or official entity or who is treated as though they do not exist in a particular context or situation.
Origin:
Formed by combining the prefix non- meaning 'not', and person, meaning 'a human being'.
Examples:
- In totalitarian regimes, political prisoners and dissidents often become nonpersons, erased from official records and histories.
- The refugees who were denied asylum and forced to return to their country were treated as nonpersons, with no legal rights or protections.
- The marginalized and discriminated minority groups often feel like nonpersons, invisible and disregarded in the dominant society.
- In the world of organized crime, informers and betrayers become nonpersons, marked for death and shunned by their former associates.
- The former employees who were fired without cause or reason often feel like nonpersons, rejected and unwanted by their former workplace.