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Color blindness

//ˈkʌl.ɚ.blaɪnd.nəs// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several medical conditions in which the physical ability to see colors is impaired, especially achromatopsia or Daltonism. US, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue wordnet
  3. 3
    An indifference to a person's skin color or race. US, countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "Despite the fact that race is embedded in American social life, "color blindness" has recently emerged as the dominant ideology of race."

Etymology

From color blind + -ness or color + blindness.

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