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  • noun The state or condition of being faceless.

Etymologies

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faceless +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • Now, it is my view, that that began the grudge for Oswald and that Connally and the name Connally came to represent for him, the kind of facelessness and insensitivity, all of the U.S. Government.

    The Lone Star: The Life of John Connally 1989

  • Buttressed by the facelessness of cyber interactivity, people feel perfectly at ease hurling unprovoked personal invective at each other.

    Steven Weber: Trickle-Down Ugly Steven Weber 2012

  • The mayhem-loving mutant faces occult intrigue against Abdul Alhazred, while fallout from the Acts of Vengeance brings him face to facelessness with the ninjas of Deathwatch!

    Marvel Comics Solicitations for December 2006 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • Mr. Eisenman's stark pillars represent the facelessness of mass destruction.

    The Facelessness of Mass Destruction Willard Spiegelman 2011

  • Buttressed by the facelessness of cyber interactivity, people feel perfectly at ease hurling unprovoked personal invective at each other.

    Steven Weber: Trickle-Down Ugly Steven Weber 2012

  • The facelessness of the cutouts is significant: the University has not released the names of the fired staff and labor contracts dictate that staff risk losing their severance packages if they speak out about their firings.

    Rachel Levenson: Layoffs at Brown Rachel Levenson 2010

  • At the same time, the facelessness of email has given other people an excuse to simply avoid difficult conversations, even if it means behaving in ways that would offend them if they were on the other end of the exchange (or non-exchange).

    Tony Schwartz: The Rudeness of Ignoring Email 2010

  • They fit in with the overall theme as what are supposed to be the "dates," but due to their facelessness draw no attention away from the stars.

    Art of Pop #48 2009

  • "And, as if to further exemplify the anonymity and facelessness of 20th-century man, they were found, of all places, between other sheets of paper."

    Archive 2009-04-01 enowning 2009

  • "And, as if to further exemplify the anonymity and facelessness of 20th-century man, they were found, of all places, between other sheets of paper."

    enowning enowning 2009

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