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An independent, expressive single woman is taken from New York; her beautiful body is disfigured , or threatened with disfigurement ; and her accomplishments are systematically taken away or negated, rendered worthless by comparison to that all-trumping colossus of meaning, childbirth.
During a recent trip to South Africa, as a finalist in the Guardian International Development Journalism competition, I realised my disfigurement could have been a potential barrier when interviewing case studies in the townships; I had to make the interviewees feel comfortable looking at my face.
Beyond the sheer graphic impact of so much disease, distortion and disfigurement , what distinguishes them is an acute paradox: here the styles and modes of bygone eras are used not to prettify people or create a picturesque landscape, but to render the pathological as clearly as possible with a view to instructing physicians.
"My disability is not obvious unless you're standing a few feet away from me, unlike a disfigurement , or the loss of a limb.
The mysterious story behind Cleo's disfigurement lurks in the shadows like the spectre of a former patient".Wreaking" is a compelling update of a Gothic novel.
Equally remarkable, the tax cut has escaped disfigurement from business lobbyists looking for special-interest tax breaks.Much of this was due to clever politicking.
It contests, among other things, the satanic ritual theory, concluding that the boys' disfigurement was almost certainly caused post-mortem by giant turtles.The film combines original footage from police interviews, court trials and news reports with interviews conducted by the film-makers with the accused, their families and original witnesses one of whom recants her earlier statement.
Regretfully, that is a far more likely cause of death or disfigurement than some inexplicable form of radio-induced glioma.
Indeed, the Tories have limped along for so long with their divisions on Europe that these have taken on the aspect of a permanent disfigurement , rather like a hunched back.
No the plunderer was a Scot.Whatever Lord Elgin's motives, his actions certainly saved the marbles from disfigurement.
Swellings, causing disfigurement , are sometimes found.
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The noun "disfigurement" primarily functions as a descriptor of a state or condition resulting from damage or alteration to one's appearance. As Ludwig points out, it refers to the result of disfiguring, often highlighting a defacement or deformity . For example, Ludwig illustrates how the term is used in contexts describing accidents, diseases, or deliberate acts that lead to a change in physical appearance.
Expression frequency: Very common
