Examples of unperson in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In George Orwell’s novel 1984, an unperson is someone who has been expunged by the state, someone of whom all trace has been erased. — Timothy Snyder, The New York Review of Books, "What Ails America," 3 Sep. 2020 In 1984, George Orwell created the concept of the unperson, someone who had been executed and of whose existence all records were erased. — Charles P. Pierce, SI.com, "It's Time for the NCAA to Reinstate the Vacated Teams to College Basketball's Record Books," 1 Apr. 2018

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