unperson

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Noun === unperson (plural unpersons or unpeople) A person who has been stripped of rights, identity, or humanity; to dehumanize. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === unperson (third-person singular simple present unpersons, present participle unpersoning, simple past and past participle unpersoned) (transitive) To strip (a person) of rights, identity, or humanity. === See also === nonperson === Anagrams === prenouns