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When you get just a complete sense of blackness or void ahead of you, that somehow the future looks an impossible place to be, and the direction you are going seems to have no purpose, there is this word despair which is a very awful thing to feel.
Stephen Fry

Meaning of "blackness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BLACKNESS

blackness  [ˈblæknɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLACKNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blackness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BLACKNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Blackness

Blackness may refer to: ▪ the property of being of black colour in general, the association with African American Culture ▪ Blackness, the amount of ink on a page...

Definition of blackness in the English dictionary

The definition of blackness in the dictionary is the quality or state of being black.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLACKNESS


blankness
ˈblæŋknɪs
bleakness
ˈbliːknɪs
darkness
ˈdɑːknɪs
frankness
ˈfræŋknɪs
homesickness
ˈhəʊmsɪknɪs
likeness
ˈlaɪknɪs
lychnis
ˈlɪknɪs
meekness
ˈmiːknɪs
pinkness
ˈpɪŋknɪs
quickness
ˈkwɪknɪs
seasickness
ˈsiːsɪknɪs
semi-darkness
ˌsemɪˈdɑːknɪs
sickness
ˈsɪknɪs
slackness
ˈslæknɪs
sleekness
ˈsliːknɪs
slickness
ˈslɪknɪs
starkness
ˈstɑːknɪs
thickness
ˈθɪknɪs
uniqueness
juːˈniːknɪs
weakness
ˈwiːknɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLACKNESS

blackleg
blacklegged
blacklegging
blacklist
blacklister
blacklisting
blackly
blackmail
blackmailer
Blackmore
blackout
blackout curtains
blackpoll
Blackpool
Blackshirt
blacksmith
blacksnake
Blackstone
blackstrap
blackstrap molasses

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLACKNESS

African horse sickness
African sleeping sickness
airsickness
altitude sickness
anti-motion-sickness
briskness
business
dankness
decompression sickness
falling sickness
Greekness
heartsickness
morning sickness
motion sickness
mountain sickness
pitch darkness
Prince of Darkness
radiation sickness
serum sickness
sleeping sickness
travel-sickness

Synonyms and antonyms of blackness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BLACKNESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «blackness» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of blackness

Translation of «blackness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLACKNESS

Find out the translation of blackness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of blackness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blackness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

黑暗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

negrura
570 millions of speakers

English

blackness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तिमिर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السواد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чернота
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escuridão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কালিমা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

obscurité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kegelapan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwärze
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

暗闇
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

암흑
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ireng
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

màu đen
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மந்தாரமுமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काळीज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

siyahlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

oscurità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czerń
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чорнота
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ticăloșie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαυρίλα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swartheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

svärta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

svarthet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blackness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLACKNESS»

The term «blackness» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.633 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLACKNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «blackness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «blackness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blackness

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10 QUOTES WITH «BLACKNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word blackness.
1
Sylvia Ashton-Warner
As the blackness of the night recedes so does the nadir of yesterday. The child I am forgets so quickly.
2
Steven Biko
Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being.
3
Jim Brown
I have a theory. An audience doesn't need to get wrapped up in blackness every time they see a Negro actor. And a movie doesn't have to be about race just because there's a Negro in it.
4
Stephen Carter
There are no black conservatives. Oh, there are neoconservatives with black skin, but they lack any claim to blackness other than the biological. They have forgotten their roots.
5
Silvia Cartwright
There is no glory in war, yet from the blackness of its history, there emerge vivid colours of human character and courage. Those who risked their lives to help their friends.
6
Michael Eric Dyson
Hip-hop has globalized a conception of blackness that has had a political impact, whether or not it had a political intent.
7
Jamie Foxx
In our music, in our everyday life, there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness?
8
Stephen Fry
When you get just a complete sense of blackness or void ahead of you, that somehow the future looks an impossible place to be, and the direction you are going seems to have no purpose, there is this word despair which is a very awful thing to feel.
9
Dave Gahan
I had a few brushes with death, where I nearly chose to go. The final one in 1996 did it for me. I suddenly had that feeling that I wasn't indestructible. There was no big white light experience, I just felt this complete blackness and a huge voice inside me saying, 'This is not right.'
10
James Irwin
The Earth reminded us of a Christmas tree ornament hanging in the blackness of space. As we got farther and farther away it diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful marble you can imagine.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLACKNESS»

Discover the use of blackness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blackness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness?: What It Means to Be Black Now
Drawing on his own experience, as well as interviews with more than 100 black Americans--including Henry Louis Gates Jr., Malcolm Gladwell, Chuck D, Soledad O-Brien, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Aaron McGruder and more--the author explores ...
‎2011
2
Blackness and Disability: Critical Examinations and Cultural ...
This volume should be in the library of every Disability Studies scholar. (Series: FORECAAST - Vol. 21)
Christopher M. Bell, 2011
3
Authentic Blackness: The Folk in the New Negro Renaissance
Explores the concepts of "blackness" and "race" in four seminal novels of the Harlem Renaissance. "J. Martin Favor has done the field of African American literary and cultural studies a profound service.
J. Martin Favor, 1999
4
Appropriating Blackness: Performance and the Politics of ...
DIVA consideration of the performance of Blackness and race in general, in relation to sexuality and critiques of authenticity./div ""Appropriating Blackness" is a wonderful study that makes important and timely contributions across many ...
E. Patrick Johnson, 2003
5
The Boundaries of Blackness: AIDS and the Breakdown of Black ...
Argues that the African American community, focused primarily on racial issues of concern to middle-class heterosexual males, ignored the AIDS crisis, in which other groups are most at risk
Cathy J. Cohen, 1999
6
THE CONDEMNATION OF BLACKNESS
In this illuminating book, Muhammad shifts our attention to the urban North as a crucial but overlooked site for the production and dissemination of those ideas and practices.
Khalil Gibran Muhammad, 2010
7
Nationalizing Blackness: Afrocubanismo and Artistic ...
The highly documented volume is enhanced by the inclusion of relevant legislation concerning music, and a listing of sextets in Havana between 1920-45 by barrio"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Robin Moore, 1998
8
Blackness Visible: Essays on Philosophy and Race
Charles Mills makes visible in the world of mainstream philosophy some of the crucial issues of the black experience.
Charles Wade Mills, 1998
9
Blackness in Opera
The volume brings a wide-ranging, theoretically informed, interdisciplinary approach to questions about how blackness has been represented in these operas, issues surrounding characterization of blacks, interpretation of racialized roles by ...
Naomi Andre, Karen M. Bryan, 2012
10
Modern Blackness: Nationalism, Globalization, and the ...
DIVAn ethnographic study of cultural policy in Jamaica as seen from above and below in relation to race, class, and nation./div ""Modern Blackness "is an important book.
Deborah A. Thomas, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLACKNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blackness is used in the context of the following news items.
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South African Illustrator Pola Maneli's Reflections On Blackness
Pola Maneli is a South African freelance illustrator and art director who centers his work around blackness and the multi-dimensional experiences of people of ... «Okayafrica, Jul 15»
2
2016 Conference on The Meaning of Blackness in Costa Rica
Institute of African Studies, Columbia University — The second conference on “The Meaning of Blackness” will be held at the Universidad de ... «The Costa Rica Star, Jul 15»
3
7/7 bombings 10 years on: 'It made me love London more …
I remember the kindness of people, lending me clothes, finding a shower so I could wash the glass, dirt, blackness off, and making sure I was ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
What Clarence Thomas can (still) teach George 'Sulu' Takei
That Takei's first instinct was to deny the blackness of Clarence Thomas tells us much about the rancid racial essentialism of the left, which can't ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
5
7/7 10th anniversary: Ipswich dancer Bruce Lait feels blessed to …
He said: “I just remember looking at a newspaper and then, all of a sudden, blackness.” Mr Lait recalled there was an extremely loud sound, ... «Ipswich Star, Jul 15»
6
Blurred lines: How cloud computing is reshaping the IT workforce
Security has to stop hollering into the inky blackness about prevention and detection and start building policies and procedures for when things ... «The Register, Jul 15»
7
Nina Simone's Uncompromising, Fearless Wardrobe
It remains remarkable for a black woman to proudly claim both her blackness and her womanhood, and to tell the world that she not only ... «New York Magazine, Jul 15»
8
New 'Crimson Peak' Character Posters are Vividly Spooky
That vivid coloring contrasted with empty blackness made quite the impression, and the latest characters posters are similarly striking. The new ... «ScreenCrush, Jul 15»
9
Whites can be blacks
Dolezal satisfies at least one element of Steve Biko's definition of blackness. “Blacks are all those who are, by law and tradition, discriminated ... «News24, Jul 15»
10
London 7/7 bomb survivor: 'There was a thick blackness that was …
“Suddenly everything around me went completely black, it wasn't just the colour black, it was a tangible thick blackness that was engulfing my ... «thejournal.ie, Jun 15»

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