Erasure
noun
The act of removing or deleting something.
The erasure of the error in the document took some time.
Often appears as...
- correction by erasure
- erasure of data
noun
The act of forgetting or causing someone or something to be forgotten.
Their cultural practices faced the threat of erasure under colonial rule.
Often appears as...
- cultural erasure
- historical erasure
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Disapproving
Academic
noun
In electronics, the action of removing stored data from a device or memory.
He made sure to perform an erasure of the hard drive before selling his computer.
Often appears as...
- data erasure
- secure erasure
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Technical
noun
A place where something has been erased.
The erasure on the paper was rough, making it hard to rewrite on that spot.
Often appears as...
- rough erasure
- visible erasure
noun
The act of removing or deleting something.
The erasure of the error in the document took some time.
Often appears as...
- correction by erasure
- erasure of data
noun
The act of forgetting or causing someone or something to be forgotten.
Their cultural practices faced the threat of erasure under colonial rule.
Often appears as...
- cultural erasure
- historical erasure
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
noun
In electronics, the action of removing stored data from a device or memory.
He made sure to perform an erasure of the hard drive before selling his computer.
Often appears as...
- data erasure
- secure erasure
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A place where something has been erased.
The erasure on the paper was rough, making it hard to rewrite on that spot.
Often appears as...
- rough erasure
- visible erasure
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Correction Context
Used when talking about correcting mistakes, often in written work.
After reviewing your essay, focus on the erasure of typos and errors.
Pro Tip 2/3Removal Action
Emphasizes the action of intentionally taking something away or off, like information or data.
The erasure of sensitive files is crucial for maintaining privacy.
Pro Tip 3/3Intentionality
Implies a deliberate action rather than an accidental one.
The erasure of the graffiti from the wall was ordered by the city council.
Pro Tip 1/3Correction Context
Used when talking about correcting mistakes, often in written work.
After reviewing your essay, focus on the erasure of typos and errors.
Pro Tip 2/3Removal Action
Emphasizes the action of intentionally taking something away or off, like information or data.
The erasure of sensitive files is crucial for maintaining privacy.
Pro Tip 3/3Intentionality
Implies a deliberate action rather than an accidental one.
The erasure of the graffiti from the wall was ordered by the city council.
Pro Tip 1/3Correction Context
Used when talking about correcting mistakes, often in written work.
After reviewing your essay, focus on the erasure of typos and errors.
Pro Tip 2/3Removal Action
Emphasizes the action of intentionally taking something away or off, like information or data.
The erasure of sensitive files is crucial for maintaining privacy.
Pro Tip 3/3Intentionality
Implies a deliberate action rather than an accidental one.
The erasure of the graffiti from the wall was ordered by the city council.
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The Critical Role of...
And it really caused me some deep sadness, because I realized how many more stories are -- I mean, we're missing so many, and of course, not everybody is going to be famous and not everyone’s going to have a book written about them. But it's very, very unique, this erasure of Black women's contributions. It is very intentional.
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"Poor people don't hate gentrification. They just hate that they rarely get to hang around long enough to enjoy its benefits." Why is it that we treat culture erasure and economic displacement as inevitable? We could approach development with an acknowledgment of past injustices --
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Who belongs in a city? PIPE...
our realities may differ, but our rights don't. The Lagos state government, like far too many on our continent, pays lip service to ideas of inclusion, while acting as though progress can only be achieved by the erasure, exploitation and even elimination of groups
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critical is to address the gaping racial wealth gap of black white wealth differential and to do that it would require somewhere in the vicinity of ten to twelve trillion dollars at the low end estimate of what would be required for for erasure of that of that
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Debunking the myth of...
Frederick Douglass and his abolitionist contemporaries feared this erasure of slavery from the history of the Civil War could contribute to the government’s failure to protect the rights of Black Americans— a fear that has repeatedly been proven valid.
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Lizzo: The Black history...
Black people will not be erased from the creation, the history and the innovation of twerking. Thank you. From TikTok trends to songs and humor, we see so much erasure of what Black people have created, so I want to do everything in my power
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Brian Dettmer: Old books...
and discover as much as I possibly can and exposing it within my own work. But at the same time, I'm thinking about this idea of erasure, and what's happening now that most of our information is intangible, and this idea of loss,
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The rebel radio that...
has been sentenced for war crimes. Historical erasure exists in the US as well, where these and other stories of US intervention in Central America are rarely taught in public schools. But the victims refuse to be forgotten.
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The data behind...
This is not underrepresentation. This is erasure, and I call this the epidemic of invisibility. Now, when we move from prevalence to protagonist, the story is still problematic.
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How to deal with...
what you have seen with your own eyes and you know to be true being denied an experience that you have had and you know is real for me the erasure of the
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The Critical Role of...
And it really caused me some deep sadness, because I realized how many more stories are -- I mean, we're missing so many, and of course, not everybody is going to be famous and not everyone’s going to have a book written about them. But it's very, very unique, this erasure of Black women's contributions. It is very intentional.
Video examples
What if gentrification...
"Poor people don't hate gentrification. They just hate that they rarely get to hang around long enough to enjoy its benefits." Why is it that we treat culture erasure and economic displacement as inevitable? We could approach development with an acknowledgment of past injustices --
Video examples
Who belongs in a city? PIPE...
our realities may differ, but our rights don't. The Lagos state government, like far too many on our continent, pays lip service to ideas of inclusion, while acting as though progress can only be achieved by the erasure, exploitation and even elimination of groups
Video examples
A blueprint for...
critical is to address the gaping racial wealth gap of black white wealth differential and to do that it would require somewhere in the vicinity of ten to twelve trillion dollars at the low end estimate of what would be required for for erasure of that of that
Video examples
Debunking the myth of...
Frederick Douglass and his abolitionist contemporaries feared this erasure of slavery from the history of the Civil War could contribute to the government’s failure to protect the rights of Black Americans— a fear that has repeatedly been proven valid.
Video examples
Lizzo: The Black history...
Black people will not be erased from the creation, the history and the innovation of twerking. Thank you. From TikTok trends to songs and humor, we see so much erasure of what Black people have created, so I want to do everything in my power
Video examples
Brian Dettmer: Old books...
and discover as much as I possibly can and exposing it within my own work. But at the same time, I'm thinking about this idea of erasure, and what's happening now that most of our information is intangible, and this idea of loss,
Video examples
The rebel radio that...
has been sentenced for war crimes. Historical erasure exists in the US as well, where these and other stories of US intervention in Central America are rarely taught in public schools. But the victims refuse to be forgotten.
Video examples
The data behind...
This is not underrepresentation. This is erasure, and I call this the epidemic of invisibility. Now, when we move from prevalence to protagonist, the story is still problematic.
Video examples
How to deal with...
what you have seen with your own eyes and you know to be true being denied an experience that you have had and you know is real for me the erasure of the
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Guy Gavriel Kay
Canadian Author
Fantasy is more than an escape from the truths of the world and the past: it is an open acknowledgment that those truths are complex and morally difficult. It offers a different route to creating something which will resonate with readers, in a way which resists the erasure of privacy and autonomy which pervades our modern world.
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Helen Oyeyemi
British Novelist
I sometimes get asked: 'How come the men in your stories don't have such strong characters?' And I'm like: 'I don't care.' I just want to find out about all the different lives a woman can live. But my feminism has never been against men. It's not erasure; it's just they're not the focus. In real life, they're quite nice.
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Tess Holliday
American Model
The real issue that I have is the erasure people are trying to do with my very valid feelings in regard to how plus-size and fat people are treated in fashion. The way that people just kind of overlook us and pretend that, you know, we don't have style, that we aren't trendy or fashionable. It's dehumanizing.
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Anthony Doerr
American Writer
Memory is this one attempt to not be erased by time. And I think that ties back to what I learned watching my grandmother lose her memories is, you know, we are all facing erasure eventually.
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Kathleen Hanna
American Musician
I felt it was really, really important, not just in the vein of feminist erasure or whatever but also just as an artist that I honored my work.
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Jesmyn Ward
American Novelist
I thought about all those people whose suffering had been erased, and I thought, 'Why can't they speak? Why can't I undo some of that erasure?
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Stacey D'Erasmo
American Novelist
There is no such thing as a natural fit between form and content. Seamless elegance would be tantamount to erasure.
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Tananarive Due
American Author
I believe black characters in fiction are still revolutionary, given our long history of erasure.
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Natasha Trethewey
American Poet
For a long time, I've been interested in cultural memory and historical erasure.
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DeRay Mckesson
American Activist
The history of blackness is also a history of erasure.
Quote examples
Guy Gavriel Kay
Canadian Author
Fantasy is more than an escape from the truths of the world and the past: it is an open acknowledgment that those truths are complex and morally difficult. It offers a different route to creating something which will resonate with readers, in a way which resists the erasure of privacy and autonomy which pervades our modern world.
Quote examples
Helen Oyeyemi
British Novelist
I sometimes get asked: 'How come the men in your stories don't have such strong characters?' And I'm like: 'I don't care.' I just want to find out about all the different lives a woman can live. But my feminism has never been against men. It's not erasure; it's just they're not the focus. In real life, they're quite nice.
Quote examples
Tess Holliday
American Model
The real issue that I have is the erasure people are trying to do with my very valid feelings in regard to how plus-size and fat people are treated in fashion. The way that people just kind of overlook us and pretend that, you know, we don't have style, that we aren't trendy or fashionable. It's dehumanizing.
Quote examples
Anthony Doerr
American Writer
Memory is this one attempt to not be erased by time. And I think that ties back to what I learned watching my grandmother lose her memories is, you know, we are all facing erasure eventually.
Quote examples
Kathleen Hanna
American Musician
I felt it was really, really important, not just in the vein of feminist erasure or whatever but also just as an artist that I honored my work.
Quote examples
Jesmyn Ward
American Novelist
I thought about all those people whose suffering had been erased, and I thought, 'Why can't they speak? Why can't I undo some of that erasure?
Quote examples
Stacey D'Erasmo
American Novelist
There is no such thing as a natural fit between form and content. Seamless elegance would be tantamount to erasure.
Quote examples
Tananarive Due
American Author
I believe black characters in fiction are still revolutionary, given our long history of erasure.
Quote examples
Natasha Trethewey
American Poet
For a long time, I've been interested in cultural memory and historical erasure.
Quote examples
DeRay Mckesson
American Activist
The history of blackness is also a history of erasure.
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