Meaning of BLINDNESS
| Pronunciation: | | bl'Indnus
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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 | |
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| | Definition: | | Blindness
In this fable by Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago, the population of an entire town is suddenly stricken, one by one, with blindness. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. more details ... |
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| 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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