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.
Source: tatoeba (1904)
Blindness
/ˈblaɪndnəs/
Synonyms for "blindness" (62 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
blurred visioncataractdarknessdeafnessdefect of visiondim-sightednessdogmatismdouble sightdouble visionfaulty eyesightglaucomaimperceptivenessimpercipienceimperfect vision
Related words (31)
incognizanceincomprehensioninsensibilitymindlessnessnearsightednessnonrealizationnonrecognitionnonunderstandingnystagmuspartial blindnesspositivenesspurblindnessreduced sightshortsightednesstrachomatunnel visionunapprehendingnessunawarenessunconsciousnessundiscerningness
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Noun(7 words)
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More general
11 entriescognitive conditiondisabilitydisability statuslegal classificationmental statesensory impairmentstate of mindvision defectvisual defectvisual disordervisual impairment
More specific
8 entriescolor blindnessinattentional blindnesslegal blindnessmonocular blindnessnarrative blindnessnight blindnesspolicy blindnesstotal blindness
Collocations
6 entriescolor blindnesslegal blindnessloss of sightnight blindnesstotal blindnessvisual impairment
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
12 total sentences available.
He made up his mind to jog in spite of his blindness.
Source: tatoeba (304172)
This disease causes blindness.
Source: tatoeba (680483)
But he who knows what insanity is, is sane; whereas insanity can no more be sensible of its own existence, than blindness can see itself.
Source: tatoeba (907506)
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