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Definition of Disappearance
1. Noun. The act of leaving secretly or without explanation.
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.
Specialized synonyms: Immersion, Ingress, Evanescence, Vanishing, Fadeout, Receding
Antonyms: Appearance
Derivative terms: Disappear
3. Noun. Gradually ceasing to be visible.
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
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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