Oblivion
noun
The state of being unaware or not concerned about what is happening.
He was lost in his music, oblivious of the world outside
Often appears as...
- slip into oblivion
- faded into oblivion
noun
The state of being forgotten, especially by the public.
His work fell into oblivion after his death
Often appears as...
- sink into oblivion
- fall into oblivion
noun
The state of being completely destroyed or wiped out.
The ancient city was blasted into oblivion
Often appears as...
- blasted into oblivion
- faded into oblivion
noun
The state of being unaware or not concerned about what is happening.
He was lost in his music, oblivious of the world outside
Often appears as...
- slip into oblivion
- faded into oblivion
noun
The state of being forgotten, especially by the public.
His work fell into oblivion after his death
Often appears as...
- sink into oblivion
- fall into oblivion
noun
The state of being completely destroyed or wiped out.
The ancient city was blasted into oblivion
Often appears as...
- blasted into oblivion
- faded into oblivion
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Unaware State
Used when someone is totally absorbed and doesn't notice surroundings.
She read the novel, in oblivion to the chaos around her.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Negative
"Oblivion" doesn't always mean something bad; can be neutral.
He painted in blissful oblivion of the time passing.
Pro Tip 3/3Mental Escape
Sometimes used to describe a mindful or restful state.
The meditation brought her to a state of complete oblivion.
Pro Tip 1/3Unaware State
Used when someone is totally absorbed and doesn't notice surroundings.
She read the novel, in oblivion to the chaos around her.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Negative
"Oblivion" doesn't always mean something bad; can be neutral.
He painted in blissful oblivion of the time passing.
Pro Tip 3/3Mental Escape
Sometimes used to describe a mindful or restful state.
The meditation brought her to a state of complete oblivion.
Pro Tip 1/3Unaware State
Used when someone is totally absorbed and doesn't notice surroundings.
She read the novel, in oblivion to the chaos around her.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Negative
"Oblivion" doesn't always mean something bad; can be neutral.
He painted in blissful oblivion of the time passing.
Pro Tip 3/3Mental Escape
Sometimes used to describe a mindful or restful state.
The meditation brought her to a state of complete oblivion.
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Paula Scher: Great...
As you get older, the risers get shallower and the steps get wider, and you start moving along at a slower pace because you're making fewer discoveries. And as you get older and more decrepit, you sort of inch along on this sort of depressing, long staircase, leading you into oblivion.
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Your brain hallucinates...
I simply wasn't there. It was total oblivion. Anesthesia -- it's a modern kind of magic. It turns people into objects, and then, we hope, back again into people. And in this process is one of the greatest remaining mysteries in science and philosophy. How does consciousness happen?
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Understanding the rise...
and he said, "The continent is sleepwalking into oblivion." Well, maybe that's true, maybe that's an exaggeration. But there's another problem which goes along with this -- that Europe is increasingly out of touch with the world -- and that is a sort of
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The enchanting music of...
I feel that I could just fade off into oblivion and not maintain any form of social currency. So with sound as my new art medium, I delved into the world of music. And I was surprised to see the similarities between music and ASL.
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Everything you need to...
For Shelley, the terror was not supernatural, but born in a lab. In addition, gothic devices infuse the text. The gothic genre is characterized by unease, eerie settings, the grotesque, and the fear of oblivion -
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Personal Ant Army PIPE...
get much farther it gets double-teamed on his way to oblivion when the caterpillar calls for help help arrives this is natural symbiosis at its finest creatures adapting themselves to
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Billy Collins: Everyday...
in some obscure corner of your spleen. It has floated away down a dark mythological river whose name begins with an L as far as you can recall, well on your own way to oblivion
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Jorge Drexler: Poetry,...
on my way to oblivion, and all doctrines will suffer the same fate, and there is not one nation that has not proclaimed itself the chosen people.
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A Collection Of Spring...
hibernation isn't something an animal just wakes up from even after surviving here for seven months if the transition from oblivion to
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"All the World's a...
Is second childishness and mere oblivion; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
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Paula Scher: Great...
As you get older, the risers get shallower and the steps get wider, and you start moving along at a slower pace because you're making fewer discoveries. And as you get older and more decrepit, you sort of inch along on this sort of depressing, long staircase, leading you into oblivion.
Video examples
Your brain hallucinates...
I simply wasn't there. It was total oblivion. Anesthesia -- it's a modern kind of magic. It turns people into objects, and then, we hope, back again into people. And in this process is one of the greatest remaining mysteries in science and philosophy. How does consciousness happen?
Video examples
Understanding the rise...
and he said, "The continent is sleepwalking into oblivion." Well, maybe that's true, maybe that's an exaggeration. But there's another problem which goes along with this -- that Europe is increasingly out of touch with the world -- and that is a sort of
Video examples
The enchanting music of...
I feel that I could just fade off into oblivion and not maintain any form of social currency. So with sound as my new art medium, I delved into the world of music. And I was surprised to see the similarities between music and ASL.
Video examples
Everything you need to...
For Shelley, the terror was not supernatural, but born in a lab. In addition, gothic devices infuse the text. The gothic genre is characterized by unease, eerie settings, the grotesque, and the fear of oblivion -
Video examples
Personal Ant Army PIPE...
get much farther it gets double-teamed on his way to oblivion when the caterpillar calls for help help arrives this is natural symbiosis at its finest creatures adapting themselves to
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Billy Collins: Everyday...
in some obscure corner of your spleen. It has floated away down a dark mythological river whose name begins with an L as far as you can recall, well on your own way to oblivion
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Jorge Drexler: Poetry,...
on my way to oblivion, and all doctrines will suffer the same fate, and there is not one nation that has not proclaimed itself the chosen people.
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A Collection Of Spring...
hibernation isn't something an animal just wakes up from even after surviving here for seven months if the transition from oblivion to
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"All the World's a...
Is second childishness and mere oblivion; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
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H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
Personally, I would not care for immortality in the least. There is nothing better than oblivion, since in oblivion there is no wish unfulfilled. We had it before we were born yet did not complain. Shall we whine because we know it will return? It is Elysium enough for me, at any rate.
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Jack Monroe
British Journalist
But I know that trying to black out my past with oblivion will just damage my future. I made the decision to stop running from my fears, and to walk slowly and deliberately towards self-nurture, self-respect, and better mental and physical health.
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Ben Carson
American Scientist
We're not planning for the future. If we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, we are going to destroy this nation.
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P. T. Usha
Indian Athlete
After winning a medal, many athletes give up and go into oblivion, the reason being lack of encouragement.
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Richard M. Nixon
American President
Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.
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Dan Savage
American Writer
Ultimately life is disease, death and oblivion. It's still better than high school.
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Antoine Rivarol
French Journalist
Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity.
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William Rose Benet
American Poet
Blue oblivion, largely lit, smiled and smiled at me.
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Philip Wylie
American Writer
Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion.
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Horace Greeley
American Editor
Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.
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H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
Personally, I would not care for immortality in the least. There is nothing better than oblivion, since in oblivion there is no wish unfulfilled. We had it before we were born yet did not complain. Shall we whine because we know it will return? It is Elysium enough for me, at any rate.
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Jack Monroe
British Journalist
But I know that trying to black out my past with oblivion will just damage my future. I made the decision to stop running from my fears, and to walk slowly and deliberately towards self-nurture, self-respect, and better mental and physical health.
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Ben Carson
American Scientist
We're not planning for the future. If we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, we are going to destroy this nation.
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P. T. Usha
Indian Athlete
After winning a medal, many athletes give up and go into oblivion, the reason being lack of encouragement.
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Richard M. Nixon
American President
Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.
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Dan Savage
American Writer
Ultimately life is disease, death and oblivion. It's still better than high school.
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Antoine Rivarol
French Journalist
Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity.
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William Rose Benet
American Poet
Blue oblivion, largely lit, smiled and smiled at me.
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Philip Wylie
American Writer
Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion.
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Horace Greeley
American Editor
Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.
Example 1 of 10
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