How to pronounce“effacement”in English
ourselves." "Freedom in art, as in life, is the result of a discipline imposed by ourselves." I've been talking today so far
about forms of self-effacement or restraint that one finds, let's say, fanatically in Moore where she is impersonal in her
self-presentation, where she quotes and creates her own voice by quoting others, and where she seems to withhold
All Video Occurrences for “effacement” (15)
Click any clip to jumpListen to native speakers pronounce “effacement” in real conversational contexts with synchronized timestamps and subtitles.
Definitions of “effacement”
The act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement.
“Among the many very baffling inconsistencies of Shakespeare's life the outstanding mystery is surely this: that of all his prolific work […] not a line of manuscript is known to exist today. Nothing approaching this complete effacement can be paralleled in literary history […]”
Withdrawal in order to make oneself inconspicuous; the making of oneself inconspicuous.
“Native Americans seem to have always placed great value on silence and direct experience, and in indigenous cultures in general, silence denotes respect and self-effacement.”
Explore Similar Words
Looking for pronunciations related to ‘effacement’? Explore native video clips for similar terms and variations:
Synonyms:
Explore words and phrases with similar meaning to 'effacement':