facelessness

noun

Definition of facelessnessnext
as in obscurity
the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown the facelessness of those early participants in the American civil rights movement

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  1. obscurity
  2. silence
  3. oblivion
  4. anonymity
Noun
  • Previously, supporting characters only played minor roles, and NPCs existed mostly just to make witty quips and fade back into obscurity.
    Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Constructing an actual, reliable inventory increasingly important to do given that recent laws have not merely set up costly programs likely to slip into obscurity and non-oversight, but because those spending programs are also freighted with regulatory effect.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of obscurity
Noun
  • Sometimes someone just wants to be heard and the best response is that of silence.
    Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • State of play: 79 of about 119 countries or territories with elections in 2023 and 2024 had pre-election silence periods, per Staffan Darnolf, a senior global adviser at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems.
    April Rubin, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of silence
Noun
  • Promises her who knows what, seeing that she’s got to drink herself to oblivion constantly and choke down pills for her unendurable pain.
    Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Pressly offers an antidote to this fearful existence, inviting readers to slip into oblivion: to recognize the freedom of being temporarily forgotten, and resist the forces that reduce them to what can be gleaned on the internet.
    John Kaag, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of oblivion
Noun
  • Some lawmakers who spoke to NBC News on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the conversations worry that Musk could try to push U.S. policy in a direction favorable to his financial interests.
    David Ingram, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, noted the GOP's struggle to pick a leader in 2023, when former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was selected after 15 votes.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of anonymity
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