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noun ADJ. total | comparative, relative | political, professional | impenetrable poems of impenetrable obscurity VERB + OBSCURITY fade into, sink into, slip into | be plucked from, emerge from After many years, his scientific work emerged from obscurity. | be consigned to, be relegated to PREP. in ~ He spent his early life in relative obscurity.
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obscurity
verbs
fade into obscurity
(= to gradually be forgotten after being well-known )
• The band faded into obscurity as the 1980s progressed.
slide/slip/sink into obscurity
(= fade into obscurity )
• Many scientific theories are never proved and slip into obscurity.
work/labour/toil in obscurity
(= work without being well-known )
• After years of working in obscurity, his paintings are now hanging in museums.
languish in obscurity
(= to fail to become well-known or successful )
• Until recently her talent has languished in obscurity.
rise/emerge from obscurity
(= to become well-known after not being known at all )
• Harris received coaching and rose from obscurity to stardom.
rescue somebody/something from obscurity
(= to stop someone or something from being forgotten )
• He was rescued from obscurity by Alder's brilliant biography in 1985.
be relegated/consigned to obscurity
(= to be put in the position of being forgotten after being well-known )
• Inevitably, many good players are relegated to obscurity.
adjectives
relative/comparative obscurity
(= not known about compared to other things that are better known )
• He brought the team from relative obscurity to fame.
total obscurity
• The competition has helped some aspiring writers to emerge from total obscurity.
professional/political obscurity
(= not known about in your profession or in politics )
• After his defeat, he sank into political obscurity.
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