erasure

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ɪˈɹeɪʃɚ/
• (RP) IPA: /ɪˈɹeɪʒə/, /ɪˈɹeɪʒʊə/

Noun

erasure

1. The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.
   • 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 7,

     The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth.

2. The state of having been erased; total blankness.
3. The place where something has been erased.

   There were several erasures on the paper.

4. (sociology) A tendency to ignore or conceal an element of society.

   bisexual erasure

Synonyms

• (action of erasing) cancelation (US), cancellation (British), canceling (US), cancelling (British), deleting, deletion, erasing, obliterating, obliteration, wiping
• (state of having been erased) blankness

Translations

• Russian: стира́ние

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