Obliviousness
i adjective
1.
unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to ): She was oblivious of his admiration.
2.
forgetful; without remembrance or memory: oblivious of my former failure.
3.
Archaic. inducing forgetfulness.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin oblīviōsus forgetful, equivalent to oblīvī(scī) to for-get + -ōsus -ous
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin oblīviōsus forgetful, equivalent to oblīvī(scī) to for-get + -ōsus -ous
Related forms
ob·liv·i·ous·ly, adverb
ob·liv·i·ous·ness, noun
self-ob·liv·i·ous, adjective
sem·i·ob·liv·i·ous, adjective
sem·i·ob·liv·i·ous·ly, adverb
sem·i·ob·liv·i·ous·ness, noun
un·ob·liv·i·ous, adjective
un·ob·liv·i·ous·ly, adverb
un·ob·liv·i·ous·ness, noun
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| —adj (foll by to | |
| unaware or forgetful | |
| usage It was formerly considered incorrect to use oblivious to mean unaware, but this use is now acceptable | |
| ob'liviously | |
| —adv | |
| ob'liviousness | |
| —n | |
| oblivious (əˈblɪvɪəs) | |
| —adj (foll by to | |
| unaware or forgetful | |
| usage It was formerly considered incorrect to use oblivious to mean unaware, but this use is now acceptable | |
| ob'liviously | |
| —adv | |
| ob'liviousness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
oblivious
mid-15c., from L. obliviosus "forgetful, producing forgetfulness," from oblivionem (see oblivion). Meaning "unaware, unconscious (of something)" is from 1862, formerly regarded as erroneous, this is now the general meaning and the word has lost its original sense of "no
longer aware or mindful." Properly should be used with to, not of.
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