FACELESSNESS Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

facelessness

noun

Definition of facelessness

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. — Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025

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Noun

That is exactly why they should not be allowed to operate under this veil of obscurity; secret courts should never be a reality in our country.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026
Abiy rose from relative obscurity to power in 2018 as a reform-minded pragmatist.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of obscurity

Noun

Bossy’s direction raises the clamorous volume instead of sorting out the disordered structure or digging into the unexamined silences.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Though the men go about this business in uneasy silence, the play’s sole woman is the first to blab about what’s going on.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of silence

Noun

So why exactly is Trump demanding this unfettered charge at oblivion, and what are the options for putting guardrails up despite him?

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
None of this happened by accident, and the proof is in the long list of former Dell competitors from its founding era, who have faded into oblivion.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of oblivion

Noun

The soldiers discussed their faith at the front on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

— CNN Staff, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
The driver, who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation, said a commander ordered him to leave the airport, saying no flights would be landing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of anonymity

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