Meaning

1 senses

  1. To strip (a person) of rights, identity, or humanity; to dehumanize.

Origin

From un- + person. Coined by George Orwell in 1949 as part of the Newspeak in his novel Ni

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.

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Forms

unpersons, unpersoning, unpersoned, unpersoned
Base formunperson · to unperson
3rd person singularunpersons
Present participleunpersoning
Past simpleunpersoned
Past participleunpersoned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyunperson
he, she, itunpersons

Past simpleLesson

all personsunpersoned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave unpersoned
he, she, ithas unpersoned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill unperson

Word family

1 related words
Relatednonperson

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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