Definition of Nonutilitarian

1. Adjective. Not utilitarian. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nonutilitarian

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonutilitarian

nonurgent
nonurinary
nonurine
nonurological
nonurothelial
nonusable
nonusage
nonusance
nonuse
nonusers
nonuses
nonusing
nonuterine
nonuterotropic
nonutilitarian (current term)
nonutilities
nonutility
nonutilized
nonutopian
nonuvular
nonvacant
nonvacation
nonvacationing
nonvaccinated
nonvaccinating
nonvaccine
nonvacuolar
nonvacuum

Literary usage of Nonutilitarian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transnational Social Policies: The New Development Challenges of Globalization by Daniel A. Morales-Gómez (1999)
"For those who think that nonutilitarian values and goals play a significant role in policy change, international market integration is also desirable from ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Unlike Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands, it has not ventured into the prestigious, but costly and nonutilitarian, field of radio astronomy, ..."

3. The Business of Commerce: Examining an Honorable Profession by James Chesher, Tibor R. Machan (1999)
"Sophisticated utilitarians will nearly always promote nearly the same public policies as their nonutilitarian critics, mainly because they will argue that ..."

4. Defining Social Acceptability in Ecosystem Management: A Workshop Proceeding edited by Mark W. Brunson, Linda E. Kruger, Catherine B. Tyler, Susan A. Schroeder (1997)
"This elite position, however, is now being challenged by another non- consumptive, nonutilitarian "good," namely biodiversity. Like aesthetics, biodiversity ..."

5. Ideals of America: Analyses of the Guiding Motives of Contemporary American by City Club of Chicago (1919)
"While such an investigator should never be handicapped by the utilitarian motive, at the same time he should never be perversely nonutilitarian. ..."

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