Definition of Obliviousness

1. Noun. Total forgetfulness. "He sought the great oblivion of sleep"

Exact synonyms: Oblivion
Generic synonyms: Forgetfulness
Derivative terms: Oblivious, Oblivious, Oblivious

Definition of Obliviousness

1. Noun. The characteristic of being oblivious. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Obliviousness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Obliviousness

obliterative
obliterative arachnoiditis
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obliterator
obliterators
obliviate
obliviated
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obliviating
oblivion
oblivions
oblivious
oblivious(p)
oblivious transfer
obliviously
obliviousness (current term)
obliviousnesses
obliviscence
oblong
oblong fovea of arytenoid cartilage
oblong leaf
oblong number
oblong pit of arytenoid cartilage
oblong woodsia
oblongata
oblongatal
oblongatas
oblongish
oblongly
oblongness

Literary usage of Obliviousness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Autobiography of an Actress; Or, Eight Years on the Stage by Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie (1854)
"His poetical obliviousness. — Five Days on board of the Alexander Scott. — Clay's Injunction to me as ive passed Memphis. — Mr. Davenport's Entertainment of ..."

2. The Church of the First Three Centuries: A Work Founded on the Sacred by H. E. Dennehy (1861)
"... Scriptures were preserved in their integrity during the two first centuries, do not bring any charge of obliviousness against the Church of this period. ..."

3. The Church of the First Three Centuries: A Work Founded on the Sacred by H. E. Dennehy (1861)
"... Scriptures were preserved in their integrity during the two first centuries, do not bring any charge of obliviousness against the Church of this period. ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1880)
"Here again we perceive a remarkable obliviousness to the fact that original research requires the " exclusive use " of material so long as the research may ..."

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