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If the Republican Party continues to ignore its conservative base, then the Party is headed to oblivion.
Jerome Corsi

Meaning of "oblivion" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OBLIVION

Via Old French from Latin oblīviō forgetfulness, from oblīviscī to forget.
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PRONUNCIATION OF OBLIVION

oblivion  [əˈblɪvɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OBLIVION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Oblivion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OBLIVION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Oblivion

Oblivion can refer to the fear of human extinction. Or the belief that once the brain dies, the mind ceases to exist.

Definition of oblivion in the English dictionary

The first definition of oblivion in the dictionary is the condition of being forgotten or disregarded. Other definition of oblivion is the state of being mentally withdrawn or blank. Oblivion is also an intentional overlooking, esp of political offences; amnesty; pardon.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OBLIVION


alluvion
əˈluːvɪən
antediluvian
ˌæntɪdɪˈluːvɪən
avian
ˈeɪvɪən
Batavian
bəˈteɪvɪən
Bolivian
bəˈlɪvɪən
Jovian
ˈdʒəʊvɪən
Latvian
ˈlætvɪən
Maldivian
mɔːlˈdɪvɪən
Moldavian
mɒlˈdeɪvɪən
Moravian
məˈreɪvɪən
Octavian
ɒkˈteɪvɪən
Pavlovian
pævˈləʊvɪən
Peruvian
pəˈruːvɪən
Scandinavian
ˌskændɪˈneɪvɪən
Servian
ˈsɜːvɪən
Shavian
ˈʃeɪvɪən
subclavian
sʌbˈkleɪvɪən
Vitruvian
vɪˈtruːvɪən
Vivian
ˈvɪvɪən
Yugoslavian
ˌjuːɡəʊˈslɑːvɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OBLIVION

oblique angle
oblique fault
oblique sailing
oblique zenithal
oblique-slip fault
obliquely
obliqueness
obliquid
obliquities
obliquitous
obliquity
obliquity of the ecliptic
obliterate
obliteration
obliterative
obliterator
oblivious
obliviously
obliviousness
obliviscence

WORDS THAT END LIKE OBLIVION

accreditation
action
addition
administration
animation
application
association
attention
attraction
attribution
auction
avion
certification
champion
citation
collection
combination
commission
communication
par avion

Synonyms and antonyms of oblivion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OBLIVION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «oblivion» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of oblivion

Translation of «oblivion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OBLIVION

Find out the translation of oblivion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of oblivion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «oblivion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

神志不清
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inconsciencia
570 millions of speakers

English

oblivion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गुमनामी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النسيان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

забвение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esquecimento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিস্মৃতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

oubli
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kelalaian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bewusstlosigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無意識状態
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

의식을 못하는 상태
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kalah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lang quên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மறதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विस्मृती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

unutulma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

oblio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Oblivion
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

забуття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

uitare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λήθη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vergetelheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

glömska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oblivion
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of oblivion

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OBLIVION»

The term «oblivion» is very widely used and occupies the 20.123 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OBLIVION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «oblivion» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «oblivion» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about oblivion

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10 QUOTES WITH «OBLIVION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word oblivion.
1
Viswanathan Anand
For me, each game is a new challenge, which has to be dealt with rationally and systematically. At that time, every other thought fades into oblivion.
2
Tallulah Bankhead
I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on my way to, by any mathematical standards known to man, was oblivion, by way of obscurity.
3
William Rose Benet
Blue oblivion, largely lit, smiled and smiled at me.
4
Hamish Bowles
Although I have lived in Manhattan since 1992, for the better part of two decades I have remained in blissful oblivion of all matters sportif.
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Jerome Corsi
If the Republican Party continues to ignore its conservative base, then the Party is headed to oblivion.
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Claude Debussy
People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of deception?
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Umberto Eco
A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.
8
Richard Le Gallienne
A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom.
9
Al Goldstein
Since fame is an illusion and death is in our future all we have is the next moment before we are swallowed into oblivion.
10
Horace Greeley
Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBLIVION»

Discover the use of oblivion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to oblivion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Oblivion: Stories
In the stories that make up OBLIVION, David Foster Wallace conjoins the rawest, most naked humanity with the infinite convolutions of self-consciousness - a combination that is dazzlingly, uniquely his.
David Foster Wallace, 2012
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Oblivion: A Memoir
Oblivion is a heartbreaking, exquisitely written memorial to the author’s father, Héctor Abad Gómez, whose criticism of the Colombian regime led to his murder by paramilitaries in 1987.
Héctor Abad, 2012
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Oblivion
Having escaped from Hong Kong, fifteen-year-old Matt and four other Gatekeepers take an ultimate stand against a destructive evil force that has unleashed a decimating storm as part of a plot to end the world.
Anthony Horowitz, 2013
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Oblivion: The Mystery of West Point Cadet Richard Cox
On Saturday, January 14, 1950, at 6:18 p.m., Cadet Richard Cox left his room at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. Cox never returned.
Harry J. Maihafer, 1999
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Glaring Through Oblivion
Following his critically acclaimed debut poetry book, Cool Gardens, comes this new collection of stunning and original poems of darkness and light. Complemented by the transformative illustrations of the noted artist Roger Kupelian.
Serj Tankian, 2011
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Treadmill to Oblivion
Fred Allen (born John Florence Sullivan, 1894-1956) was an American comedian whose absurdist, pointed radio show (1934-1949) made him one of the most popular and forward-looking humorists in the so-called classic era of American radio.
Fred Allen, 2009
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Oblivion
Nick Petrov was a world-famous private investigator -- until a brain trauma destroyed part of his memory and changed who he is forever. Now a killer is on the loose, looming up from a past that Nick can no longer remember.
Peter Abrahams, 2009
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Oblivion
On the 31st of December, 1899, a large standing stone falls over at Stonehenge, the most recent time this has happened. Oblivion dramatises the events that led up to this incident.
G Johanson, 2002
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Caravans to Oblivion: The Armenian Genocide, 1915
CARAVANS TO OBLIVION "It is absolutely necessary to eliminate the Armenian people in its entirety, so that there is no further Armenian on this earth and the very concept of Armenia is extinguished."—From a speech presented to the Turkish ...
G. S. Graber, 1996
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The Oblivion Society
After an accidental nuclear war, Vivian Gray joins a comically inept goup of fellow twentysomething survivors.
Marcus Alexander Hart, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OBLIVION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term oblivion is used in the context of the following news items.
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StarCraft II: Whispers of Oblivion: Everything You Need to Know
While Whispers of Oblivion isn't very long, it has two big things going for it: It's a ton of fun, and it's absolutely free. Players who preorder Legacy ... «Tom's Guide, Jul 15»
2
Tony Blair versus Jeremy Corbyn: what the newspapers say
If he wins Labour could fall apart or be consigned to oblivion. (Like he cares). The Independent's Rachael Ward saw Corbyn's entrance into the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
OBLIVION, HERE WE COME
So how's this for something to do, to keep busy? Tear out the heart of your culture, hold a fire sale of its ideals (“Everything must go!”), and then ... «NewsWithViews.com, Jul 15»
4
Cotterell: Lt. gov.'s office a gateway to political oblivion
I hate when facts get in the way of a good story, but Lt. Gov. Wayne Mixson didn't really have a little mirror on his desk, to hold under Gov. «Florida Today, Jul 15»
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Drilling Into Oblivion: Call Of The "Collapsologists"
PARIS — Some figures will make your head spin. Since the end of World War II, the number of inhabitants on the planet has increased nearly ... «Worldcrunch, Jul 15»
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4 Content Marketing Strategies to Avoid Content Oblivion
To be successful in your content marketing, you should put a lot of thought about your strategy and execution. And one of the most important ... «Social Barrel, Jul 15»
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Skyrim engine does wonders for Oblivion's Cyrodiil
Skyrim engine does wonders for Oblivion's Cyrodiil. Tuesday, 21 July 2015 02:29 GMT By Brenna Hillier. Share on: Facebook · Twitter · Reddit · Google+. «VG247, Jul 15»
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Preorder 'StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void,' Get Beta Access to …
"Whispers of Oblivion" is supposed to bridge the storyline between the second expansion "Heart of the Swarm" and the final expansion "Legacy ... «Christian Post, Jul 15»
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Morrowind is being modded into Skyrim, here's 43 minutes of footage
It's good news, then, that a group of fans are working on porting all of Oblivion into Skyrim, giving one of the best world's a nice rebirth in ... «TechnoBuffalo, Jul 15»
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Labour Party is heading for oblivion, report warns
"On Labour's current trajectory, more of the same will ultimately lead to oblivion," the report stated. The party needs to "completely overhaul ... «The Independent, Jul 15»

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