oblivion
[noun]
Synonyms:
- neglect, abeyance, disregard, forgetfulness
- unconsciousness, insensibility, obliviousness, unawareness

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Contrasted words: alertness, awareness, consciousness, memory, recall, recalling, recollection, remembrance
Related Words: nirvana, insensibleness

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

o‧bliv‧i‧on /əˈblɪviən/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin oblivio, from oblivisci 'to forget']

1. when something is completely forgotten or no longer important
sink/slip/pass etc into oblivion
Wind power presents too many advantages to be allowed to sink into oblivion.
The loser’s name has been consigned to oblivion (=completely forgotten).

2. the state of being unconscious or of not noticing what is happening:
the oblivion of sleep
He had drunk himself into oblivion.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

oblivion
noun
ADJ. political
VERB + OBLIVION fade into, fall into, pass into, sink into, slide into | be rescued from, be saved from a minor masterpiece, saved from oblivion
consign to Most of his work has now been consigned to oblivion.
PREP. in ~ He died in oblivion in a remote village.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

oblivion

fade into oblivion (=gradually become forgotten or no longer important)
Many political figures just fade into oblivion.
sink/slip/slide into oblivion (=fade into oblivion)
It was once a popular game, but it has since sunk into oblivion.
The old machines eventually slid into oblivion.
consign something/somebody to oblivion formal (=make something or someone be completely forgotten, or to become unimportant)
The achievements of these years should not be consigned to oblivion.
save somebody/something from oblivion
The charity has saved many fine old buildings from oblivion.
political oblivion (=used to say that something is forgotten in politics)
The party attracted little support and collapsed into political oblivion.
instant oblivion (=used to say that something or someone is forgotten immediately)
His first album led to instant oblivion.
be on the road to oblivion (=to be becoming forgotten or unimportant over a fairly long period of time)
Is this ancient tradition on the road to oblivion?

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲