The word for today is…
oblivion (noun):
1: the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness
2: the condition or state of being forgotten or unknown
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology :The word’s Latin source, oblivisci, means “to forget; to put out of mind,” and since its 14th century adoption into English, oblivion has hewed close to meanings having to do with forgetting. The word has also long had an association with the River Lethe, which according to Greek myth flowed through the Underworld and caused anyone who drank its water to forget their past; 17th century poet John Milton wrote about “Lethe the River of Oblivion” in Paradise Lost. The adjective oblivious (“lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention”) followed oblivion a century later.
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