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effacements

/e.fas.mɑ̃/

effacements is the plural of effacement.

Meaning of effacement

Noun

effacement (countable and uncountable, plural effacements)

  1. The act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement.
    • 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 […]1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
  2. Withdrawal in order to make oneself inconspicuous; the making of oneself inconspicuous.
    • 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.2007, John Zerzan, Silence, page 3
  3. A shortening, or thinning, of the cervix before or during early labour.

Questions about effacements

What is effacements the plural of?
Effacements is the plural of effacement.
How do you pronounce effacements?
Effacements is pronounced /e.fas.mɑ̃/.

Words near effacements in the dictionary

  1. efface
  2. effaceable
  3. effaced
  4. effacedness
  5. effacement
  6. effacements
  7. effacer
  8. effacers
  9. effaces
  10. effacest
  11. effaceth

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