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Noun: voicelessness  voys-lus-nus
  1. A disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice
    "Her voicelessness left her unable to speak above a whisper";
    - aphonia
     
  2. Speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
    "Her voicelessness made it difficult to hear her in the noisy room";
    - whisper, whispering, susurration [literary]
     
  3. (phonetics, of a consonant) The property of being spoken without vibration of the vocal cords, as /t/, /s/, or /f/
    "Instead, he plans to maintain voicelessness of the consonant and an unintended consequence of that effort is a pitch perturbation following release"
     
  4. Having no voice in the management or control of affairs
    "the voicelessness of those who live in situations of hopelessness"

Type of: defect of speech, impotence, impotency, powerlessness, speaking, speech defect, speech disorder, speech production

Encyclopedia: Voicelessness