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Lasting love has to be built on mutual regard and respect. It is about seeing the other person. I am very interested in relationships and, when I watch couples, sometimes I can sense a blindness has set in. They have stopped seeing each other. It is not easy to see another person.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Meaning of "blindness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BLINDNESS

blindness  [ˈblaɪndnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLINDNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blindness 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 BLINDNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

blindness

Blindness

Blindness is the condition of poor visual perception. Various scales have been developed to describe the extent of vision loss and define blindness. Total blindness is the complete lack of form and visual light perception and is clinically recorded as NLP, an abbreviation for "no light perception." Blindness is frequently used to describe severe visual impairment with some remaining vision. Those described as having only light perception have no more sight than the ability to tell light from dark and the general direction of a light source. The World Health Organization defines low vision as visual acuity of less than 20/60, but equal to or better than 20/200, or visual field loss to less than 20 degrees, in the better eye with best possible correction. Blindness is defined as visual acuity of less than 20/400, or a visual field loss to less than 10 degrees, in the better eye with best possible correction. As of 2012 there were 285 million visually impaired people in the world, of which 246 million had low vision and 39 million were blind. The majority of people with poor vision are in the developing world and are over the age of 50 years.

Definition of blindness in the English dictionary

The definition of blindness in the dictionary is inability to see either temporarily or permanently. Other definition of blindness is unawareness of or a refusal to recognize something.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLINDNESS


awkwardness
ˈɔːkwədnɪs
blandness
ˈblændnɪs
boldness
ˈbəʊldnɪs
fondness
ˈfɒndnɪs
goodness
ˈɡʊdnɪs
hardness
ˈhɑːdnɪs
kindness
ˈkaɪndnɪs
loudness
ˈlaʊdnɪs
madness
ˈmædnɪs
preparedness
prɪˈpɛərɪdnɪs
profoundness
prəˈfaʊndnɪs
redness
ˈrɛdnɪs
roundness
ˈraʊndnɪs
sadness
ˈsædnɪs
sand-blindness
ˈsændˌblaɪndnɪs
soundness
ˈsaʊndnɪs
tiredness
ˈtaɪədnɪs
unkindness
ʌnˈkaɪndnɪs
weirdness
ˈwɪədnɪs
wickedness
ˈwɪkɪdnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLINDNESS

blind trust
blind-side
blind-stitch
blindage
blinder
blinders
blindfish
blindfold
blindfolded
Blindheim
blinding
blindingly
blindless
blindly
blindside
blindsight
blindstorey
blindstories
blindstory
blindworm

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLINDNESS

boundedness
business
centeredness
coldness
color blindness
connectedness
frowardness
giftedness
gladness
grandness
indebtedness
light-headedness
mindedness
nakedness
narrow-mindedness
night blindness
oddness
relatedness
rootedness
straightforwardness
stupidness

Synonyms and antonyms of blindness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «blindness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLINDNESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

失明
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ceguera
570 millions of speakers

English

blindness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अंधापन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العمى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слепота
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cegueira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অন্ধত্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cécité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Buta
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blindheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

失明
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

실명
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wuta
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குருட்டுத்தன்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंधत्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

körlük
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cecità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ślepota
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сліпота
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

orbire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τύφλωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blindheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blindhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blindhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blindness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLINDNESS»

The term «blindness» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.895 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLINDNESS» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «BLINDNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word blindness.
1
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Lasting love has to be built on mutual regard and respect. It is about seeing the other person. I am very interested in relationships and, when I watch couples, sometimes I can sense a blindness has set in. They have stopped seeing each other. It is not easy to see another person.
2
Margaret Atwood
An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
3
Mark Barrowcliffe
The rainforest has an intense beauty that at times seems almost suffocating. The jungle is one twig short of impenetrable, and the greenery seems to crowd in on you with a sensation that has been described as akin to snow blindness.
4
John Berger
Fanaticism comes from any form of chosen blindness accompanying the pursuit of a single dogma.
5
Democritus
Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly.
6
Ralph Ellison
Had the price of looking been blindness, I would have looked.
7
Adam Ferguson
Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.
8
Athol Fugard
I think all of my writing life led up to the writing of 'The Train Driver' because it deals with my own inherited blindness and guilt and all of what being a white South African in South Africa during those apartheid years meant.
9
Thomas Hardy
There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there.
10
Pete Hegseth
Political correctness is a poison to our security and defenses. It imposes a willful blindness, both at the macro level when unwilling to engage with radical Islamism or whatever you want to call it - if you're not willing to call it what it is - and at the micro level, at the street level.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLINDNESS»

Discover the use of blindness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blindness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Blindness
There is one eyewitness to this nightmare who guides seven strangers-among them a boy with no mother, a girl with dark glasses, a dog of tears-through the barren streets, and the procession becomes as uncanny as the surroundings are ...
José Saramago, 2013
2
Blindness
A city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" whose victims are confined to a vacant mental hospital, while a single eyewitness to the nightmare guides seven oddly assorted strangers through the barren urban landscape
José Saramago, 1999
3
Blindness: The History of a Mental Image in Western Thought
First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Moshe Barasch, 2013
4
Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril
A provocative analysis of the human tendency towards selective ignorance assesses the impact of the phenomenon on private and working lives as well as within governments and organizations to consider why people may prefer ignorance and have ...
Margaret Heffernan, 2011
5
"The Heathen in His Blindness"--: Asia, the West, and the ...
This book provides novel analyses of religion, the Roman 'religio', the construction of 'religions' in India and the nature of cultural differences.
S. N. Balagangadhara, 1994
6
Blindness
For his stepmother, the doyenne of the village, at the centre of her social web, this is simply tiresomeL a convenient marriage to the first girl prepared to take him in his condition is all that Fate may now hold for him.
Henry Green, 2012
7
Blindness and Children: An Individual Differences Approach
In this book, Dr. Warren summarizes and interprets the research literature on infants and children with visual impairments.
David H. Warren, 1994
8
Inattentional Blindness
Arien Mack and Irvin Rock make the radical claim that there is no conscious perception of the visual world without attention to it.
Arien Mack, Irvin Rock, 1998
9
Self-esteem and Adjusting with Blindness: The Process of ...
This book will serve as an excellent review and refresher for experienced practitioners and administrators working in the field of blindness.
Dean W. Tuttle, Naomi R. Tuttle, 2004
10
Blindness
Blindness is a condition many people live with. Find out what life is like for some who are blind.
Angela Royston, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLINDNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blindness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Karachi mechanic says blindness no roadblock to success
KARACHI: As a boy, Asif Patel would take apart toys and transistor radios, relying only on his sense of touch to rebuild them, having been ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Ishihara test: what is colour blindness, and how can you get tested?
Colour blindness affects approximately one in 12 men and one in 200 women, which equates to 4.5 per cent of the population or around 2.7 ... «The Week UK, Jul 15»
3
Blindness hasn't slowed down Q-C man
Dave, who brims with cheer and confidence, does the best he can with blindness. He shrugged and said, “I've been with it for more than 35 ... «Quad City Times, Jul 15»
4
Case of the mystery blindness cracked
Al Schulte used his muscle strength tester to diagnose a 'kink' in Linda Kirk's spinal cord that appeared to be the cause of her blindness. «Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Jul 15»
5
Hospital donation will help reduce blindness in Kenya
... its old microscope to SeeKenya. SeeKenya works to reduce blindness and provides specialist treatment and eye care services in Kenya. «The Argus, Jul 15»
6
New Techniques Can Effectively bring Down Cataract Blindness
Dr Amar further said that to solve the problem of blindness because of cataract, there were new techniques like Pre-Descemet Endothelial ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
7
Minsa Trains Trainers for Mapping Diseases That Cause Blindness
Luanda — The Ministry of Health (MINSA) will hold from 7-9 July in Luanda, a seminar of technical training for the coordinated mapping of ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
8
Girl blindness case: NHRC summons police officer
The NHRC has summoned Yavatmal Superintendent of Police in connection with a 2012 case, in which a new born girl had lost sight in both ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
9
Age-related blindness: The steps to take to avoid it
The most common cause of blindness in the UK is age-related macular degeneration. As the first ever Macular Week approaches, we how to ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
10
Curing My Blindness By Turning Off My Smartphone
I realized I'd forgotten my cell phone after I dropped the kids off at school, which was lucky because I unleashed a whole string of profanities. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Blindness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/blindness>. Apr 2024 ».
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