blindness
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blindness
- /ˈblaɪndnəs/
Rhymes with -aɪndnəs
Where it comes from
From Middle English blyndnes, blyndnesse, from Old English blindnes (“blindness”), equivalent to blind + -ness.
noun blindnesses
- The condition of being blind; unable to see. 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.
- Want of intellectual or moral discernment; mental darkness; ignorance, heedlessness. 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.
- concealment
Similar: ablepsy, blindhood, cecity, sightlessness
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sightlessness, cecity, darkness, illiteracy, illiterate, indiscriminate, self-delusion, self-deception, sight, eyesight, visual, ablepsia, anopsia, literacy, ami, river
noun
Similar: ablepsy, blindhood, cecity, sightlessness
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noun condition of being blind
| Español | ceguera |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 장님 jangnim |
| 日本語 | 盲目 mōmoku, 盲 mekura |
| 中文 | 盲目性 mángmùxìng |
| हिन्दी | अंधापन andhāpan, अंधता andhtā |
| Kiswahili | upofu |
| Português | cegueira |
| Français | cécité |
| Deutsch | Blindheit |
| Italiano | cecità |
| Ελληνικά | τύφλωση týflosi, τυφλότητα tyflótita |
| Română | orbire |
| Русский | слепота́ slepotá |
| Tiếng Việt | chứng mù |
| العربية | عَمًى ʕaman |
| עברית | עיוורון yvaron |
Talk about this word "blindness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/blindness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. blindness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/blindness "blindness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/blindness.Cite this
@misc{blindness_2026,
title = {blindness},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blindness},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
