: an individual who usually for political or ideological reasons is removed completely from recognition or consideration
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebIn George Orwell’s novel 1984, an unperson is someone who has been expunged by the state, someone of whom all trace has been erased. Timothy Snyder, The New York Review of Books, 3 Sep. 2020 In 1984, George Orwell created the concept of the unperson, someone who had been executed and of whose existence all records were erased. Charles P. Pierce, SI.com, 1 Apr. 2018