blindness
noun/ˈblaɪndnəs/
Etymology From Middle English blyndnes, blyndnesse, from Old English blindnes (“blindness”), equivalent to blind + -ness.
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Usually 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.1989 February 5, Judy Harris, “Untitled image caption”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 29, page 3:
2
Figuratively, Usually 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.1976, Frank Herbert, Children of Dune:
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Obsolete, Usually concealment
- Synonyms
- ablepsy, blindhood, cecity, sightlessness
- Derived terms
37 terms
ad blindness, banner blindness, color-blindness, colour-blindness, colour blindness, color blindness, day blindness, day-blindness, deafblindness, deaf-blindness, domestic blindness, face blindness, fire blindness, hysterical blindness, inattentional blindness, legal blindness, letter blindness, moon blindness, motion blindness, night blindness, nose blindness, perceptual blindness, place blindness, race blindness, race-blindness, red-green color blindness, river blindness, smell blindness, snow blindness, snow-blindness, stereoblindness, time-blindness, voice blindness, wilful blindness, willful blindness, word-blindness, word blindness