noun
1. a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice
• Syn: ↑aphonia
• Hypernyms: ↑speech disorder, ↑speech defect, ↑defect of speech
2. speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
• Syn: ↑whisper, ↑whispering, ↑susurration
• Derivationally related forms: ↑voiceless, ↑susurrate (for: ↑susurration), ↑whisper (for: ↑whispering), ↑whisper (for: ↑whisper)
• Hypernyms: ↑speaking, ↑speech production
• Hyponyms: ↑stage whisper
3. having no voice in the management or control of affairs
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the voicelessness of those who live in situations of hopelessness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑voiceless
• Hypernyms: ↑powerlessness, ↑impotence, ↑impotency
Useful english dictionary. 2012.