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
  • What separates the campaigns that make the best-of lists from those that fade into obscurity?
    Gary Drenik, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Unlike Woodstock, which took place a few hours up the road that same summer and has been endlessly memorialized since, the Harlem Cultural Festival faded into obscurity.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of obscurity
Noun
  • The wall of silence has now been broken, and victims are coming forward.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The idea of simply sitting in silence has become almost unthinkable.
    Richard E. Cytowic, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of silence
Noun
  • Now, the iceberg has broken free of this watery cage and is floating northeast in the direction of South Georgia Island, where it is expected to break up and melt into oblivion.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Memory that by some arcane law tends to send important things spinning beyond its boundaries into oblivion, while fervently cherishing something insignificant and accidental.
    Andriy Sodomora (Tr. Sabrina Jaszi & Roman Ivashkiv), The Dial, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of oblivion
Noun
  • Advertisement The people were not authorized to publicly discuss details of the case and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
    Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The official spoke on the condition of anonymity as the person was not authorized to discuss Israel’s aerial campaign in Syria.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of anonymity
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