Erasure

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪ.ˈɹeɪ.ʃɜː/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃɜː

Full definition of erasure

Noun

1. The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.
2. The state of having been erased; total blankness.
• 2004, 18 Oct, Bush, even when he had the floor, grimaced as he spoke, except on several occasions when he lost his way and a look of total erasure came over him, a blank, stricken stare for which the French, alas, have the most apt expression: like a cow watching a train go by.
3. (sociology) A tendency to ignore or conceal an element of society.bisexual erasure

Synonyms

• (action of erasing) cancelation US, cancellation British, canceling US, cancelling British, deleting, deletion, erasing, obliterating, obliteration, wiping
• (state of having been erased) blankness