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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

communication go
something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups

substance, content, message, subject matter go
what a communication that is about something is about

bunk, nonsense, meaninglessness, nonsensicality, hokum
a message that seems to convey no meaning

noun.communication

16 Subcategories

absurdity, absurdness, ridiculousness go
a message whose content is at variance with reason
amphigory, nonsense verse go
nonsensical writing (usually verse)
balderdash, fiddle-faddle, piffle go
trivial nonsense
cant, buzzword go
stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
cobblers go
nonsense
crock go
nonsense
fa la, fal la go
meaningless syllables in the refrain of a partsong
gibberish, gibber go
unintelligible talking
unintelligibility, incoherence, incoherency go
nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
jabberwocky go
nonsensical language (according to Lewis Carroll)
mummery, flummery go
meaningless ceremonies and flattery
rhetoric, palaver, hot air, empty words, empty talk go
loud and confused and empty talk
rigmarole, rigamarole go
a set of confused and meaningless statements
shmegegge, schmegegge go
(Yiddish) baloney
stuff, stuff and nonsense, hooey, poppycock go
senseless talk
humbug, drool, baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle go
pretentious or silly talk or writing