Erasing History

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Category: Strategy

Foundational Lexiconcanceling
Executive Parlancereputation destruction
Scholarly Discoursehistorical redaction
Babel ZenithDamnatio memoriae
Origin: Latin
Pronunciation: /dæmˈnɑːtioʊ məˈmɔːriaɪ/

Etymology & Meaning

Condemnation of memory; the Roman practice of erasing a disgraced person from history.

The corporate purge where a failed executive's name is scrubbed from all records.

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