unperson
Meanings
Noun
- a person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights; a person whose existence is systematically ignored (especially for ideological or political reasons)
- "George Orwell predicted that political dissidents would be treated as unpersons"
- A person who has been stripped of rights, identity, or humanity.
Verb
- To strip (a person) of rights, identity, or humanity.
Origin / Etymology
From un- + person. Coined by George Orwell in 1949 as part of the Newspeak in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, where it refers to a person who has been executed or has fallen out of favor; whose entire history has been erased.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
unperson is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordunperson is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
unperson is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
unperson is a valid Words With Friends word