Noun: non-self
| Singular | non-self |
| Plural | non-selfs; non-selves |
Sample Sentences
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Signs are inherent in the various aspects of the immune system which differentiate self from non-self. [2009, Bill Whitehouse, Meditations of a Sufi:]
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For the artificial immune system, the recognition of the non-selfs is classified into two types according to the difference among the non-selfs, and the two approaches for recognizing the non-selfs are inspired from the innate immunity and the adaptive immunity in the biological immune system. [2009, Hongwei Mo, Handbook of Research on Artificial Immune Systems and Natural Computing […] :]
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[W]e could at least begin to answer the question, What is self? by referring to some paradigm cases of selves . . . and some paradigm case of non-selves. [2013, Shaun Gallagher, Models of the Self, →ISBN:]
Nouns inflected like non-self
pyramid roof,
neckkerchief,
neck kerchief,
waterleaf,
yellow dwarf,
hipped roof,
silverleaf,
cloverleaf,
baby beef,
nonself,
headkerchief,
longleaf,
peaked roof,
neckerchief,
semidwarf,
newhalf,
non-self,
handkerchief,
pockethandkerchief,
autumn leaf, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology