voicelessness

noun

1. The condition of being voiceless

2. A disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice

   Similar: aphonia

3. Speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords

   Similar: whisper, whispering, susurration

4. Having no voice in the management or control of affairs

   “the voicelessness of those who live in situations of hopelessness”

5. (phonetics, of a consonant) The property of being spoken without vibration of the vocal cords, as /t/, /s/, or /f/.

   “Instead, he plans to maintain voicelessness of the consonant and an unintended consequence of that effort is a pitch perturbation following release.”