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Meaning of "blankness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BLANKNESS

blankness  [ˈblæŋknɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLANKNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blankness 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 BLANKNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of blankness in the English dictionary

The definition of blankness in the dictionary is lack of interest, emotion, or understanding.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLANKNESS


blackness
ˈblæknɪs
bleakness
ˈbliːknɪs
dankness
ˈdæŋknɪs
darkness
ˈdɑːknɪs
frankness
ˈfræŋknɪs
homesickness
ˈhəʊmsɪknɪs
likeness
ˈlaɪknɪs
lychnis
ˈlɪknɪs
pinkness
ˈpɪŋknɪs
quickness
ˈkwɪknɪs
rankness
ˈræŋknɪs
seasickness
ˈsiːsɪknɪs
semi-darkness
ˌsemɪˈdɑːknɪs
sickness
ˈsɪknɪs
slackness
ˈslæknɪs
sleekness
ˈsliːknɪs
slickness
ˈslɪknɪs
thickness
ˈθɪknɪs
uniqueness
juːˈniːknɪs
weakness
ˈwiːknɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLANKNESS

blank
blank cartridge
blank cheque
blank endorsement
blank verse
blanket
blanket bath
blanket bog
blanket finish
blanket stitch
blanket-stitch
blanketflower
blanketlike
blanketweed
blankety
blankety-blank
blankly
blanky
blanquet
blanquette

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLANKNESS

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

Synonyms and antonyms of blankness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BLANKNESS»

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

Translation of «blankness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLANKNESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

空白
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inexpresividad
570 millions of speakers

English

blankness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ख़ालीपन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التبلد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пустота
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

blankness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

blankness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

air mort
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekosongan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Leere
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

空白の状態
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

blankness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Blankness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lúng túng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

blankness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फिकटपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

boşluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vuoto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pustka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

порожнеча
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

goliciune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

blankness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blank
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blankness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blankness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blankness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLANKNESS»

The term «blankness» is regularly used and occupies the 102.881 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLANKNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «blankness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «blankness» 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 blankness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLANKNESS»

Discover the use of blankness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blankness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The necessary blankness: women in major American fiction of ...
Looks at the continuing failure of American writers to portray women as independent or even adequate human beings, citing especially the works of Roth, Updike, Oakes, and Plath
Mary Allen, 1976
2
Plant Genetic Resourses Newsletter
Variability in seed blankness in Pistacia atlantica Desf. in a natural habitat Pistacia atlantica Desf. is scattered in a vast area of natural semiarid woodlands of Iran. Although soil conservation and gum production are regarded as the main  ...
3
The Method of Levels: How to Do Psychotherapy Without ...
Some ways of enquiring about the blankness might be: Can you describe the blankness to me? Is there any color or sound associated with the blankness? What's your attitude towards the blankness? When did you first notice that things went ...
Timothy A. Carey, 2006
4
Glamour in Six Dimensions: Modernism and the Radiance of Form
Transparency thus encouraged consumption through a series of promises, from the cleanliness and good health of the product to the style and modernity of its package.42 Blankness, however, works on a much vaster scale and does not ...
Judith Christine Brown, 2009
5
Gender on Ice: American Ideologies of Polar Expeditions
Introduction A Passion for Blankness: U.S. and British Polar Discourse In Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Marlow, while writing about Africa, brings in an unexpected reference to the North Pole: Now when I was a little chap I had a passion ...
Lisa Bloom, 1993
6
Impure Conceits: Rhetoric and Ideology in Wordsworth's Excursion
22 Any attempt to define such "blankness" is itself constrained to use figures: blankness, vacancy, gap, rock, "thing itself," object, void, abyss, cold, emptiness, darkness, death. Human speech and writing cannot name the non- figurative state or ...
Alison Hickey, 1997
7
The American Journal of Psychology
D says : " The first thing I noticed was an absence of sensation as compared with the complex I had before ; " " the region now is characterized by its blankness." G notes that " when the soup went in the muscular pain moved all around and ...
Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener, Karl M. Dallenbach, 1917
8
The Psychotic Core
No matter how many blanks are filled in, however, blankness remains. Blankness , too, is an infinite horizon or subhorizon. Self-other awareness, with all its mixtures of fin- itude-infinitude, grows out of and through an infinite blankness.
Michael Eigen, 2004
9
Nihilism and the Sublime Postmodern
absence and “incredulity towards metanarratives” to indicate blankness, without ever achieving the “ethical” balance of a world accepting of difference. Hence, blank fictions “ethical nihilism” is entwined with its postmodern nature, and reveals ...
William Slocombe, 2013
10
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) ...
dissociation as a resistance or as a measure of overwhelm) or may shift to another BASK dimension. Say, “______ (state name of patient or personality) focus on that experience of ______ (blankness or whatever words the patient uses) and ...
Dr. Marilyn Luber PhD, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLANKNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blankness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
7/7 Remembered: Why the Killers Failed
I remember the blankness on the faces of the crowds, people milling around - not sure whether to stay and work out what was happening, ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
2
Lagos Ultimatum to Okada and Tricycle Operators
The previous government failed in the aspect that it did not offer another option to redeem the blankness that some of these breadwinners were ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
3
Under the streets and dreaming
... for the almighty wage, it will be refreshing to look up when they're walking through any of the particular tunnels, expecting to see blankness. «Philippine Star, Jul 15»
4
David Bowie on film: the fleeting faces of an alien arrival
... 1983 Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, in which he maintains a noble blankness as if faintly embarrassed by the story's blatant homoeroticism. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
5
Waiting for Chapter 10: What's the plan in the state water plan?
Scrambling to fill in the glaring blankness of the much-anticipated Chapter 10, they last week put before a state-formed water committee 160 ... «The Colorado Independent, Jul 15»
6
Walla Walla artist just has to create
The wall's blankness presented both a challenge and a way to thank Helix for its hospitality. Gary has a passion for clay and drawing, but he ... «East Oregonian, Jul 15»
7
CATHERINE KRUMMEY: Dano, Cusack bring Beach Boy Brian …
In sharp contrast to the highs and lows Brian faces in his earlier years, the middle of his life seems to find him in a state of blankness, as he puts ... «Grand Forks Herald, Jul 15»
8
'Skyfaring,' by Mark Vanhoenacker
... of Singapore's harbor to the snowy blankness of Minnesota and then to “ice-crumbled highways” left by ferries crossing the Gulf of Finland. «New York Times, Jul 15»
9
A fate worse than death: when modern medicine's instinct to save is …
I sat next to Matty and looked into his eyes, their awful blankness. There was no sparkle, no sign that anything was going on. I held his hand ... «New Statesman, Jun 15»
10
Magic Mike XXL review: Queen for a day
... a sad-faced photographer met at a beach after-party; Mike is patently devoted to getting her smile back, and the general blankness of Heard's ... «National Post, Jun 15»

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