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voicelessness

DEFINITIONS OF: voicelessness

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n a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice

Synonyms:
aphonia
Type of:
defect of speech, speech defect, speech disorder
a disorder of oral speech

n speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords

Synonyms:
susurration, whisper, whispering
Types:
stage whisper
a loud whisper that can be overheard; on the stage it is heard by the audience but it supposed to be inaudible to the rest of the cast
Type of:
speaking, speech production
the utterance of intelligible speech

n having no voice in the management or control of affairs

“the voicelessness of those who live in situations of hopelessness”
Type of:
impotence, impotency, powerlessness
the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
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