invisibilities
Qualities of vanishing
Invisibilities is the plural of invisibility—the state of being unseen or unnoticed.
The word often appears in discussions of marginalized groups whose experiences go unacknowledged: the invisibilities faced by disabled workers, documenting the invisibilities of poverty.
It can also refer to multiple instances or types of being invisible: social and economic invisibilities.
Made invisible deliberately
- veiledConcealed or obscured
- shroudedCovered and hidden
- obscuredMade hard to perceive
- undetectedNot discovered yet
unnoticed · unperceived · camouflaged · cloaked · masked · undiscovered · unrevealed · unrecognized
Without legal effect
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- lackDeficiency or absence
- gapUnfilled space between
- vacuumAbsence of matter
nonexistence · omission · disappearance · vacancy · dearth · nonappearance · erasure · blankness
Delicate beyond earthly measure
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- incorporealNot made of matter
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
- nonphysicalNot of matter
abstract · spiritual · metaphysical · transcendent · ephemeral · impalpable · formless · bodiless
Something hard to fathom
- unknownNot yet discovered
- secretsConcealed information
- occultConcealed from view
- arcaneUnderstood by few
esoteric · paranormal · supernatural · cryptic · unexplained · anomaly · phenomena · otherworldly
Intentionally concealed
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- furtiveSecretive and sly
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
infiltration · subterfuge · incognito · undercover · sneaking · surveillance · ninja · spy
Pushed to society's edges
- erasedRemoved by rubbing
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- silencedRendered unable to speak
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
excluded · disenfranchised · voiceless · unrepresented · oppressed · forgotten · sidelined · minoritized
concealed
Made invisible deliberately
undetected · unnoticed · unperceived · camouflaged · cloaked · masked · undiscovered · unrevealed · unrecognized · imperceptible
void
Without legal effect
vacuum · nonexistence · omission · disappearance · vacancy · dearth · nonappearance · erasure · blankness · nothingness
ethereal
Delicate beyond earthly measure
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- incorporealNot made of matter
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
nonphysical · abstract · spiritual · metaphysical · transcendent · ephemeral · impalpable · formless · bodiless · weightless
enigma
Something hard to fathom
arcane · esoteric · paranormal · supernatural · cryptic · unexplained · anomaly · phenomena · otherworldly · uncanny
covert
Intentionally concealed
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- furtiveSecretive and sly
- concealmentAct of hiding something
espionage · infiltration · subterfuge · incognito · undercover · sneaking · surveillance · ninja · spy · camouflage
marginalized
Pushed to society's edges
- erasedRemoved by rubbing
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- silencedRendered unable to speak
ignored · excluded · disenfranchised · voiceless · unrepresented · oppressed · forgotten · sidelined · minoritized · unacknowledged
invisibilitiesvisibilities
Degrees of optical clarity
appearances · manifestations · opacities · sightings · conspicuousness
invisibilitiesvisibilities
Degrees of optical clarity
prominences · recognitions · acknowledgments · representations · notorieties
invisibilitiesvisibilities
Degrees of optical clarity
evidences · revelations · disclosures · manifestations · exposures
vision, visible, television, visual, invisible, revise, supervise, provision, envision