unperson Definition

unperson
noun

1. Someone whose existence is officially denied or ignored and who is deemed not to have existed, often to the extent that their name is removed from official records.

verb

unpersoned, unpersoning
1. To make someone into an unperson.

Derivative: unpersoned
adj

Etymology: 1949: first used by the English writer George Orwell (1903‐50) in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.