effacement

[ ih-feys-muhnt ]

/ ɪˈfeɪs mənt /

noun

the act of wiping out, erasing, or doing away with something: The gradual effacement of ethnic differences has often been seen as a solution to the difficulties experienced by immigrants.

the act or habit of humbly keeping oneself in the background; self-effacement: There's nothing showy about the way this author writes; a sort of vast humility and effacement echoes through the whole book.

Medicine/Medical. the thinning of bodily tissue, especially of the cervix to prepare for childbirth: Cervical effacement is usually nearly complete before the first phase of labor.

Origin of effacement

efface + -ment

Words nearby effacement

Efate, efavirenz, eff, effable, efface, effacement, effect, effective, effective conjugate, effective current, effective dose

Example sentences from the Web for effacement

The effacement, more or less complete, of the parietal or parieto-occipital sutures in a large number of criminals.
A Plea for the Criminal|James Leslie Allan Kayll
Same tactics, slightly varied, carried on to effacement of other wing of allied forces.
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101, August 1, 1891|Various
An impression of passing away, of the effacement of individual life.
Memoirs of My Dead Life|George Moore
Its blind acceptance seals the resignation of the will and the intellect to effacement and stultification.
Liberalism|L. T. Hobhouse

The effacement of farms (and churches) in Hampshire, for the planting of the New Forest, had the same effect in a minor degree.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)|Charles Creighton

单词	effacement
释义	effacement [ ih-feys-muhnt ] / ɪˈfeɪs mənt / noun the act of wiping out, erasing, or doing away with something: The gradual effacement of ethnic differences has often been seen as a solution to the difficulties experienced by immigrants. the act or habit of humbly keeping oneself in the background; self-effacement: There's nothing showy about the way this author writes; a sort of vast humility and effacement echoes through the whole book. Medicine/Medical. the thinning of bodily tissue, especially of the cervix to prepare for childbirth: Cervical effacement is usually nearly complete before the first phase of labor. Origin of effacement efface + -ment Words nearby effacement Efate, efavirenz, eff, effable, efface, effacement, effect, effective, effective conjugate, effective current, effective dose Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for effacement The effacement, more or less complete, of the parietal or parieto-occipital sutures in a large number of criminals. A Plea for the Criminal\|James Leslie Allan Kayll Same tactics, slightly varied, carried on to effacement of other wing of allied forces. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101, August 1, 1891\|Various An impression of passing away, of the effacement of individual life. Memoirs of My Dead Life\|George Moore Its blind acceptance seals the resignation of the will and the intellect to effacement and stultification. Liberalism\|L. T. Hobhouse The effacement of farms (and churches) in Hampshire, for the planting of the New Forest, had the same effect in a minor degree. A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)\|Charles Creighton
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