unperson
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unperson
Where it comes from
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.
noun unpersons · unpeople
- A person who has been stripped of rights, identity, or humanity. With his identity stolen, he became an unperson, unable to prove his existence to the government.
verb unpersons · unpersoning · unpersoned
- To strip (a person) of rights, identity, or humanity; to dehumanize. Unhappily, shortcomings here on the part of even a few schools provide a handle for the type of irresponsible generalization that recently labeled the lay professor on the Catholic campus "unwanted, unpaid, uncared for and unpersoned."
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Talk about this word "unperson." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unperson. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. unperson. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unperson "unperson." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unperson.Cite this
@misc{unperson_2026,
title = {unperson},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unperson},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
