Someone
Unperson
Unperson noun - A person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights; a person whose existence is systematically ignored (especially for ideological or political reasons).
Usage example: George Orwell predicted that political dissidents would be treated as unpersons
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Unperson: Roy photoshops his ex out of all of his pictures in an effort to forget her.Moss: It's like someone ended a relationship with Stalin.
Source: Series / The IT Crowd -
Finally, compare/contrast Unperson, where someone else does this to a person as a form of punishment.
Source: The Spook - In the novel 1984, when the Party makes someone disappear, that person becomes an "unperson." All references to the person are removed from all documents, posters, etc, and people may not reference that person again, since, in the Party's eyes, the person does not and never did exist.
Source: Never Say That Again
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