Definition of "nonplace" [nonplace]

• That which is not a place but has some aspects of one, such as cyberspace. (noun)

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• "Marc Augé, who coined the term nonplace, defines them as places that are not concerned with identity or are not "relational.""
• "The idea is basically that Web 2.0 is a contemporary "nonplace" - a place without the embedded history that defines spaces anthropologically."
• "The drive south out of Seoul runs through a man-made muddle I call a "nonplace," a fractured landscape that is neither town, nor village, nor countryside."