as in obscurity
the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown
the facelessness of those early participants in the American civil rights movement
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Recent Examples of facelessness
Many imaginative fans saw Slender Man’s facelessness as a blank canvas in which to reimagine him in any number of ways, Chess added.
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Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for facelessness
Noun
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Early was one of Boston’s biggest minor league success stories last season, rising from relative obscurity to earn a late-season call-up while helping pitch the club into the playoffs for the first time since 2021.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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Once again, shared appreciation of obscurity is the great unifier.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Months of silence from federal office One new piece of legislation is aimed at helping families like Sutton’s.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
8 Mar. 2026
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Their silence during the anthem before an opening loss to South Korea last Monday was viewed by some as an act of resistance and others as a show of mourning.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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All of this culminates in a stunning sequence set in a rundown hospital, where the majority of the ensemble returns, and is forced into further moral dilemmas under the threat of oblivion, in a race-against-the-clock finale shot in enrapturing long takes.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2026
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The phrase, part of one of Banks’s most famous ‘Ty-rade’s against contestant Tiffany Richardson in Cycle 4, has been memed into oblivion.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
17 Feb. 2026
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The person requested anonymity because the trade and extension will not become official until Wednesday when the NFL’s new league year begins.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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The second player, who requested anonymity, worked with Font de Mora early in her career.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Facelessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facelessness. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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