under erasure

A literary practice in which a word is erased from a text but left visible, usually to emphasize that the term is relevant but imperfect. This concept, also known as sous rature, originated in the philosophical works of Martin Heidegger. Class, why do you think the author chose to include this word under erasure?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Else	EL-se (Danish, Norwegian), EL-sə (German, Dutch)	Danish, Norwegian, German, Dutch
SÁRa	SAH:-rah (Czech)	Hungarian, Czech, Slovak
Kalisha	kə-LEESH-ə, kə-LISH-ə	African American (Rare)
Julyan	JOOL-yan	English (Rare)
Wei	-	Chinese
Mladen	MLAH-den (Croatian, Serbian)	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian