speakerlessness
speakerlessness noun: absence of a speaker.
Noun
speakerlessness (uncountable)
- Absence of a speaker.
- Instead of the speakerlessness of sentences with a third person SELF, what is espoused is the idea that in such sentences there is a blending of two points of view or 'voices,' […]2014, Ann Banfield, Unspeakable Sentences
- In each, however, the ritualistic quality of the prosody (following from the genres of invocation and epitaph) conspires with other elements to push the poem toward the condition of speakerlessness.1993, Jay Parini, The Columbia History of American Poetry, page 106
Origin of speakerlessness
From speakerless + -ness.
Questions about speakerlessness
- What does speakerlessness mean?
- Speakerlessness means absence of a speaker.
- What part of speech is speakerlessness?
- Speakerlessness is a noun.
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