ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Memory-holing

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Memory-holing is a noun meaning An action or instance of alteration or disappearance of inconvenient or embarrassing documents, photographs, transcripts, or other records.

Meaning

An action or instance of alteration or disappearance of inconvenient or embarrassing documents, photographs, transcripts, or other records.

More Meanings

  1. present participle and gerund of memory-hole

Example Sentences

However, the extent of memory-holing that occurred with Elder Poelman's talk was not only extensive and unprecedented (as far as we know) but altogether ironic, given that all this occurred during the actual year of 1984.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include memory hole, spoliation, forgettery, misrecollection, misremembering, pseudomemory.

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