1. noun /naʊn/
A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
See Also: nominal
2. verb /naʊn/
To convert a word to a noun.
For example, that females are different from but equal to males is oxymoronic by virtue of the nouned status of female and male as kinds of persons.
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