Blindness

//ˈblaɪndnəs// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being blind; unable to see. uncountable, usually

    "DHPG […] is effective in fighting Cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common virus which, for PWAs, can cause CMV retinitis — a condition which can lead to blindness within weeks."

  2. 2
    the state of being blind or lacking sight wordnet
  3. 3
    Want of intellectual or moral discernment; mental darkness; ignorance, heedlessness. figuratively, uncountable, usually

    "A tormenting hunger shuddered through her and she wished she could put aside the power. Oh, to be as others were — blind in that safest of all blindnesses, living only the hypnoidal half-life into which birth-shock precipitated most humans."

  4. 4
    concealment obsolete, uncountable, usually

Synonyms

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cecitysightlessnessablepsyablepsyalbinismanopia

Example

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"Blindness is responsible for a staggering toll of poor health, suffering, and loss of dignity and diminution in the quality of lives of people worldwide."

Etymology

From Middle English blyndnes, blyndnesse, from Old English blindnes (“blindness”), equivalent to blind + -ness.

Related phrases

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