Unperson (Noun)
Meaning
A person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights; a person whose existence is systematically ignored (especially for ideological or political reasons); "the former senator is treated as a nonperson by this administration"; "George Orwell predicted that political dissidents would be treated as unpersons".
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The communist government declared her an unperson after she spoke out against their regime, erasing her from all public records and historical documents.
- As an outspoken critic of the ruling party, he was labeled an unperson and subjected to intense surveillance and harassment.
- After being accused of treason, the former general was reduced to an unperson, his name and achievements erased from military records.
- In the dystopian novel, the totalitarian government treated anyone who opposed them as an unperson, expunging their existence from public memory.
- Historians are working to restore the legacy of a prominent dissident who was declared an unperson by the fascist regime that ruled the country from 1930 to 1945.