unperson

Speech parts

1. unperson - Noun

2. unperson - Verb

Meaning

unperson (plural unpersons or 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.

unperson (third-person singular simple present unpersons, present participle unpersoning, simple past and past participle unpersoned)

(transitive) To strip (a person) of rights, identity, or humanity.

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Examples

Morrissey had to become an ' unperson ' so that the Nineties and its centrally-planned and coordinated pop economy could happen." Source: Internet

The Soviets demanded that Sosonko should be treated as an " unperson ", excluded from competitive chess, television or any other event that might publicize his defection. Source: Internet

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