NAMELESSNESS Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

namelessness

noun

as in obscurity

the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown the namelessness of the builders of the Mayan pyramids is no way diminishes the greatness of their achievement

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Noun

Asco’s work remained in relative obscurity — living in local mythology through storytellers like Ignacio — for decades.

— Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Smart city programs in Beijing, Shanghai, and other urban centers use AI to track performance and centralize oversight of local officials who once operated in comfortable obscurity, subjecting them to an algorithmic performance review.

— Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of obscurity

Noun

On Thursday, members of left-wing parties held a minute of silence outside both the regional parliament and townhall of Madrid.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
The 30-page superseding indictment accuses the couple of overseeing a system of political repression that relied on Venezuela's military, intelligence agencies and security forces to torture their opponents, silence dissidents and maintain power.

— Alice Gainer, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of silence

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How to talk about an episode that takes us to the brink of oblivion — Cal, what the hell, man?

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
While her brother is torn between his sister and power, a devastating secret will reveal that neither resistance nor sacrifice is enough to stop oblivion.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2026

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