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erasure

[ ih-rey-sher ]

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noun

an act or instance of erasing.
a place where something has been erased; a spot or mark left after erasing:
You can't sign a contract with so many erasures in it.
1. the exclusion of a minority group or group member from the historical record, or from the discussion of current events: black victim erasure in the crime-bill debate.
  erasure of female scientists from textbooks;
  black victim erasure in the crime-bill debate.
2. the replacement or whitewashing of a minority character or group with a member or members of the dominant cultural group in fictional representations of historical events:
  minority erasure in film.
3. the denial of an individual’s or group’s minority identity, or the misidentification of a minority group member: cultural erasure and white identity among Chicanos.
  trans-erasure issues in the LGBT community;
  cultural erasure and white identity among Chicanos.

erasure

/ ɪˈreɪʒə /

Origin of erasure¹

First recorded in 1725–35; erase + -ure

In this way, inspiration becomes appropriation, which leads directly to theft and erasure.

While many of these depictions play into bisexual erasure, others reinforce harmful bisexual stereotypes.

The act of erasure through mis- or under-representation is an insidious one.

The total erasure of former employees is so familiar it even has a nickname.

I love the way erasure becomes a tool for depiction and emphasis, and failure becomes a heroic condition.

The French attorney general demanded the erasure of his name from the list of magistrates, but this the court refused.

For answer she bent over her typewriter and began to make an erasure.

Bruslart (ubi supra, i. 136) denies that the erasure was actually made as Charles had commanded.

This thin paste of wax was also spread on tablets of wood, that it might more easily admit of erasure.

Consequently the action of the iodine differs according to the extent of the erasure.

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