Native Americans seem to have always placed great value on silence and direct experience, and in indigenous cultures in general, silence denotes respect and self-effacement.
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Effacement
Synonyms for "effacement" (12 found)
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Noun(3 words)
Related words (6)
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More general
7 entriesbiological processbirth processcultural processdeletionorganic processphysiological changewithdrawal
More specific
6 entriescomplete effacementethnic erasuremonument erasurepartial effacementsurface erasuretextual effacement
Collocations
6 entriescervical effacementcomplete effacementcultural effacementeffacement ratememory effacementpartial effacement
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