
Meaning of BLINDNESS
| Pronunciation: | | bl'Indnus
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] lack of sight |
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| | Synonyms: | | cecity, sightlessness |
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| | See Also: | | anopia, eyelessness, figural blindness, snowblindness, vision defect, visual defect, visual disorder, visual impairment | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Blind"ness\, n.
State or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively.
--Darwin.
{Color blindness}, inability to distinguish certain color.
See {Daltonism}.
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| | Related Terms: | | albinism, astigmatism, astigmia, bad eyesight, blurred vision, deafness, defect of vision, dim-sightedness, dogmatism, double sight, double vision, faulty eyesight, imperceptiveness, impercipience, imperfect vision, incognizance, incomprehension, insensibility, mindlessness, nearsightedness, nonrealization, nonrecognition, nonunderstanding, nystagmus, partial blindness, positiveness, purblindness, reduced sight, shortsightedness, tunnel vision, unapprehendingness, unawareness, unconsciousness, undiscerningness, unmindfulness, unperceptiveness, unpersuadableness, unwittingness |
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