Effacement
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Effacement is a noun meaning The act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement.
Meaning
The act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement.
More Meanings
- Withdrawal in order to make oneself inconspicuous; the making of oneself inconspicuous.
- (medicine) A shortening, or thinning, of the cervix before or during early labour.
Example Sentences
Native Americans seem to have always placed great value on silence and direct experience, and in indigenous cultures in general, silence denotes respect and self-effacement.
Among the many very baffling inconsistencies of Shakespeare's life the outstanding mystery is surely this: that of all his prolific work […] not a line of manuscript is known to exist today. Nothing approaching this complete effacement can be paralleled in literary history […]
Word Forms
- effacements
Synonyms for effacement
Depending on context, synonyms include self-effacement.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include self-effacement, sulcal, expunction, expunging, expunctuation, erasure.
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