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Noun: unperson  'ún'pur-sun or 'ún,pur-sun
  1. A person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights; a person whose existence is systematically ignored (especially for ideological or political reasons)
    "George Orwell predicted that political dissidents would be treated as unpersons";
    - nonperson

Derived forms: unpersons

Type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

Encyclopedia: Unperson

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