Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.
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Oblivion
//əˈblɪviːən//
Synonyms for "oblivion" (100 found)
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kolack of foresightlazinesslethelimbolipothymialipothymymental blanknessnepenthenihilitynirvananirvana principlenothingnessobliterationobscurityoffhandednesspassivityperfunctorinessquietismrecklessness
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regardlessnesssemiconsciousnesssenselessnessshort memorysleepsprezzaturastuporswoonsyncopetabula rasatactlessnessthoughtfreenessthoughtlessnesstranquillityunawarenessunconsciousnessunheedfulnessunintelligenceunmindfulnessunpreparednessunreadinessunsolicitousnessunsolicitudeunthinkingnessvacancyvacuityvoidwaters of oblivion
Noun(2 words)
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15 entriesTranslations
93 translations across 35 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- harresë noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- harresë noun (state of being completely forgotten)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- λήθη noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Arabic
1 entries- نِسْيَان noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Bulgarian
2 entries- забвение noun (state of being completely forgotten)
- забраванство noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Catalan
1 entries- oblit noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Czech
2 entries- zapomnění noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- zapomnění noun (state of being completely forgotten)
Danish
3 entries- glemsel noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- glemsel noun (state of being completely forgotten)
- intethed noun (a state of nothingness)
Dutch
2 entries- vergeetachtigheid noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- vergetelheid noun (state of being completely forgotten)
Esperanto
2 entries- abismo noun (a state of nothingness)
- nekonscio noun (state of permanent unconsciousness after death)
Finnish
4 entries- hajamielisyys noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- kadotus noun (figuratively: wasteland; a supernatural realm of waste, like hell)
- olemattomuus noun (state of permanent unconsciousness after death)
- olemattomuus noun (a state of nothingness)
French
4 entries- néant noun (a state of nothingness)
- néant noun (figuratively: wasteland; a supernatural realm of waste, like hell)
- oubli noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- oubli noun (state of being completely forgotten)
Galician
2 entries- esquecemento noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- esquecemento noun (state of being completely forgotten)
Georgian
1 entries- გულმავიწყობა noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
German
2 entries- Vergessen noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- Vergessenheit noun (state of being completely forgotten)
Greek
3 entries- λήθη noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- λήθη noun (state of being completely forgotten)
- λησμονιά noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Hebrew
1 entries- שִׁכְחָה noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Hungarian
1 entries- feledés noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Ido
1 entries- oblivieso noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Italian
4 entries- dimenticanza noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- dimenticanza noun (state of being completely forgotten)
- oblio noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- oblio noun (state of being completely forgotten)
Latin
2 entries- oblīviō noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- oblīviō noun (state of being completely forgotten)
Latvian
3 entries- aizmirstība noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- aizmirstība noun (state of being completely forgotten)
- aizmirsība noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Macedonian
3 entries- заборав noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- заборав noun (state of being completely forgotten)
- ништожност noun (a state of nothingness)
Middle English
2 entries- oblivion noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- oblivion noun (state of being completely forgotten)
Māori
2 entries- korenga noun (state of being completely forgotten)
- korenga noun (a state of nothingness)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- glemsel noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- glemsel noun (state of being completely forgotten)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- gløymsle noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- gløymsle noun (state of being completely forgotten)
Polish
3 entries- niepamięć noun (state of being completely forgotten)
- nieświadomość noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- zapomnienie noun (state of being completely forgotten)
Portuguese
4 entries- esquecimento noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- esquecimento noun (state of being completely forgotten)
- oblívio noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- olvido noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Russian
3 entries- забве́ние noun (state of being completely forgotten)
- забытье́ noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- забытьё noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Spanish
4 entries- desmemoria noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- nada noun (a state of nothingness)
- olvidanza noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- olvidanza noun (state of being completely forgotten)
Swedish
2 entries- förgätenhet noun (state of being completely forgotten)
- glömska noun (state of being completely forgotten)
Tachawit
1 entries- itta noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Turkish
3 entries- nisyan noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- unutma noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- unutulma noun (state of being completely forgotten)
Ukrainian
1 entries- забуття noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Welsh
4 entries- angof noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- angof noun (state of being completely forgotten)
- ebargofiant noun (state of being completely forgotten)
- ebargofiant noun (state of being completely forgotten)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
I feel as if I've been thrown into oblivion.
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This cooking technique has passed into oblivion.
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Sometimes silence is not oblivion. Sometimes silence is only patience.
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