What does unperson mean?

Definitions for unperson
ˈʌnˈpɜr sənun·per·son

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. nonperson, unpersonnoun

    a person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights; a person whose existence is systematically ignored (especially for ideological or political reasons)

    "the former senator is treated as a nonperson by this administration"; "George Orwell predicted that political dissidents would be treated as unpersons"

Wiktionary

  1. unpersonnoun

    A human 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.

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  1. unperson

    Newspeak is the fictional language of Oceania, a totalitarian superstate that is the setting of the 1949 dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, by George Orwell. In the novel, the Party created Newspeak: 309  to meet the ideological requirements of Ingsoc (English Socialism) in Oceania. Newspeak is a controlled language of simplified grammar and restricted vocabulary designed to limit the individual's ability to think and articulate "subversive" concepts such as personal identity, self-expression, and free will. Such concepts are criminalized as thoughtcrime since they contradict the prevailing Ingsoc orthodoxy.In "The Principles of Newspeak", the appendix to the novel, Orwell explains that Newspeak follows most of the rules of English grammar, yet is a language characterised by a continually diminishing vocabulary; complete thoughts are reduced to simple terms of simplistic meaning. The political contractions of Newspeak—Ingsoc (English Socialism), Minitrue (Ministry of Truth), Miniplenty (Ministry of Plenty)—are described by Orwell as similar to real examples of German and Russian contractions in the 20th century. Like Nazi (Nationalsozialist), Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei), politburo (Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union), Comintern (Communist International), kolkhoz (collective farm), and Komsomol (communist youth union), the contractions in Newspeak, often syllabic abbreviations, are supposed to have a political function already in virtue of their abbreviated structure itself: nice-sounding and easily pronounceable, their purpose is to mask all ideological content from the speaker.: 310–8 The word Newspeak is sometimes used in contemporary political debate as an allegation that one tries to introduce new meanings of words to suit one's agenda.

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  1. unperson

    An unperson is a term used primarily in dystopian literature, most notably in George Orwell's "1984". It refers to a person who has been erased or removed from official society or existence, usually by a government or authoritative force. This can include being deleted from history or records, disregarded or treated as if they do not exist. Notions of an unperson generally involve themes of censorship, manipulation of history, and totalitarian regimes.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unperson in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unperson in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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