Explore Effacement through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like withdrawal. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Effacement meaning
- The act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement.
- Withdrawal in order to make oneself inconspicuous; the making of oneself inconspicuous.
- A shortening, or thinning, of the cervix before or during early labour.
Synonyms of Effacement
Using Effacement
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement. | Withdrawal in order to make oneself inconspicuous; the making of oneself inconspicuous. | A shortening, or thinning, of the cervix before or during early labour.
- Useful related words include: organic process, biological process, self-effacement, withdrawal.
Context around Effacement
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Effacement
- In this selection, "effacement" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, self stand out and add context to how "effacement" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and self effacement that is and genuine self effacement when he. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "effacement" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with effacement
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An important aspect of Sir Milton's character was his self-effacement. (12 words)
Worship is the pinnacle of subservience and self-effacement; that is why worship is attributable to Allah only. (18 words)
In this text, the religion's basic pillars are summarized as: "The Yarsan should strive for these four qualities: purity, rectitude, self-effacement and self-abnegation". (26 words)
In The School for Wives, it is Eveline's narrative, from the first elation of her love for Robert, a love which finds no flaw and only self-effacement before the assured superiority of her husband. (36 words)
Despite his natural shyness, Earl possessed the unusual combination of determination and genuine self-effacement –when he was awarded a CBE in the 2009 New Years Honours list, he thought it was a mistake. (34 words)
In this text, the religion's basic pillars are summarized as: "The Yarsan should strive for these four qualities: purity, rectitude, self-effacement and self-abnegation". (26 words)
Example sentences (5)
Worship is the pinnacle of subservience and self-effacement; that is why worship is attributable to Allah only.
Despite his natural shyness, Earl possessed the unusual combination of determination and genuine self-effacement –when he was awarded a CBE in the 2009 New Years Honours list, he thought it was a mistake.
An important aspect of Sir Milton's character was his self-effacement.
In The School for Wives, it is Eveline's narrative, from the first elation of her love for Robert, a love which finds no flaw and only self-effacement before the assured superiority of her husband.
In this text, the religion's basic pillars are summarized as: "The Yarsan should strive for these four qualities: purity, rectitude, self-effacement and self-abnegation".