Definition of Disappearance

1. Noun. The act of leaving secretly or without explanation.

Exact synonyms: Disappearing
Generic synonyms: Departure, Going, Going Away, Leaving
Specialized synonyms: Vanishing
Antonyms: Appearance
Derivative terms: Disappear, Disappear

2. Noun. The event of passing out of sight.
Generic synonyms: Happening, Natural Event, Occurrence, Occurrent
Specialized synonyms: Immersion, Ingress, Evanescence, Vanishing, Fadeout, Receding
Antonyms: Appearance
Derivative terms: Disappear

3. Noun. Gradually ceasing to be visible.
Exact synonyms: Fade
Generic synonyms: Conclusion, Ending, Termination
Derivative terms: Disappear, Disappear, Fade

4. Noun. Ceasing to exist. "The disappearance of resistance at very low temperatures"

Definition of Disappearance

1. n. The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing.

Definition of Disappearance

1. Noun. The action of disappearing or vanishing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Disappearance

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disappearance

disannuls
disanoint
disanointed
disanointing
disanoints
disapparate
disapparated
disapparates
disapparating
disapparel
disapparelled
disapparelling
disapparels
disappear
disappearable
disappearance
disappearances
disappeared
disappearing
disappearing bone disease
disappears
disapply
disappoint
disappointed
disappointedly
disappointer
disappointers
disappointing
disappointingly
disappointingness

Literary usage of Disappearance

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

1. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1882)
"The secondary formations are more broken ; but, as Bronn has remarked, neither the appearance nor disappearance of the many species embedded in each ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1872)
"Disappearance OF THE COLORADO POTATO BEETLE AT NILES, MICHIGAN. ... But the manner or cause of their disappearance is not understood. ..."

3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1895)
"THE Disappearance OF THE SMALLER GENTRY (1660-1800). ... of the silent destruction and disappearance from English society of a whole class, a class, ..."

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