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Meaning of "sightlessness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SIGHTLESSNESS

sightlessness  [ˈsaɪtlɪsnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SIGHTLESSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sightlessness 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 SIGHTLESSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sightlessness in the English dictionary

The definition of sightlessness in the dictionary is blindness. Other definition of sightlessness is invisibility.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SIGHTLESSNESS


affectlessness
ˈæfɛktlɪsnəs
agelessness
ˈeɪdʒlɪsnəs
bootlessness
ˈbuːtlɪsnəs
causelessness
ˈkɔːzlɪsnəs
changelessness
ˈtʃeɪndʒlɪsnəs
deathlessness
ˈdeθlɪsnəs
defenselessness
dɪˈfɛnslɪsnəs
formlessness
ˈfɔːmlɪsnəs
gutlessness
ˈɡʌtlɪsnəs
hairlessness
ˈheəlɪsnəs
hatelessness
ˈheɪtlɪsnəs
movelessness
ˈmuːvlɪsnəs
plotlessness
ˈplɒtlɪsnəs
resistlessness
rɪˈzɪstlɪsnəs
scentlessness
ˈsentlɪsnəs
sinlessness
ˈsɪnlɪsnəs
stresslessness
ˈstreslɪsnəs
sunlessness
ˈsʌnlɪsnəs
voicelessness
ˈvɔɪslɪsnəs
waterlessness
ˈwɔːtəlɪsnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SIGHTLESSNESS

sight unseen
sight-read
sight-reader
sight-reading
sightable
sighted
sighter
sighting
sightless
sightlessly
sightlier
sightliest
sightline
sightliness
sightly
sights
sightsaw
sightscreen
sightsee
sightseeing

WORDS THAT END LIKE SIGHTLESSNESS

biliousness
business
carelessness
consciousness
deliciousness
deviousness
flawlessness
helplessness
hilariousness
homelessness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
preciousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
statelessness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of sightlessness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sightlessness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SIGHTLESSNESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

sightlessness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sightlessness
570 millions of speakers

English

sightlessness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sightlessness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sightlessness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слепоты
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sightlessness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sightlessness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sightlessness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tanpa penglihatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blindheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sightlessness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sightlessness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora katon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sightlessness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sightlessness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निरागसता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sightlessness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cecità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bycie niewidomym
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сліпоти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sightlessness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sightlessness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sightlessness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sightlessness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sightlessness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sightlessness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SIGHTLESSNESS»

The term «sightlessness» is used very little and occupies the 176.704 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SIGHTLESSNESS» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SIGHTLESSNESS»

Discover the use of sightlessness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sightlessness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Blind People: The Private and Public Life of Sightless Israelis
Rather, they tend to be viewed as people in whose existence sightlessness is all encompassing, overarching, total. The condition of sightlessness is symbolically enriched and magnified, sometimes mystified and even demonized. Thus, in ...
Shlomo Deshen, 2012
2
Performance, Politics and Activism
7. Colour. Blind: Seeing. Difference,. Performing. Sightlessness. Patrick. Anderson. 1 Blindness In June 1996, Pulitzer and Tony award-winning playwright August Wilson delivered an address to the Theatre Communications Group at ...
Peter Lichtenfels, John Rouse, 2013
3
Writing of Violence in the Middle East: Inflictions
The pitch black of sightlessness. The feel of death-generating solitude. —what time is it? (It crosses your mind.) what day is it what month is it from what year of which century of which history of which planet? A single cough suddenly tightening ...
‎2012
4
Succeeding Postmodernism: Language and Humanism in ...
The waking that begins the tour-de-force opening paragraph of the novel is immediately curious in that it charts a passing only from sightlessness to sightlessness, the blindness of the beast in the man's dream, its “eyes dead white and ...
Mary K. Holland, 2013
5
Quaternary Extinctions: A Prehistoric Revolution
This range of options is somewhat reduced when one takes account of the frequency of Sightlessness among the extinct species, notably among the ratites, rails, and geese (see Table 34.1). Clearly Sightlessness made species more ...
Paul S. Martin, Richard G. Klein, 1989
6
Doing Ethnography
In a related theoretical note, I put the hypothesis that sightlessness is not nearly the self-evident phenomenon as one might believe. The fact that the boy had asked such an apparently obvious question suggested that children have mental  ...
Giampietro Gobo, 2008
7
Handwriting Identification: Facts and Fundamentals
Sightlessness. The writing of the deaf or hearing impaired individual has not been the subject of frequent study. Indeed, it may be that it has been presumed that one's inability to hear would have little or no effect upon one's ability to ...
Roy A. Huber, A.M. Headrick, 1999
8
Crazy Woman
“I was just wondering--sir,” she said, proceeding, “during this instinctual reproductive behavior--if--if--for the sake of preventive sightlessness--for some reason--is that why they wear blinders?” Cookie lowered her head. “Thunnn-derrr ,” she ...
Janet Haneberg, 2006
9
A Family Conversation About God: Does God Exist? Who is ...
ZETA: I regard evil as a negative feature, as the privation or lack of a due good. The sightlessness of a tree or a rock is not an evil because sight is not due to them as part of their integrity, whereas human sightlessness is a physical evil.
Reg Dwett, 2011
10
American Journal of Dermatology and Genito-urinary Diseases
They were created to help the suffering of some victim of disease, perhaps a pleasant journey to heaven was thus prayed for, in the case of this blind man, if dead; or if living his sightlessness might be thought to need recompense in some de- ...
‎1910

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SIGHTLESSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sightlessness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Greatest Actor-Director Duo Today: Germanys Nina Hoss and …
Such sightlessness speaks to Germany's own reckoning with its Nazi ancestry, as becomes evident in Phoenix's final sequence, which [no spoilers here] ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
2
The blind side
The passage of time and liaising with other, fellow visually-impaired people made me realise that it is not our sightlessness that makes us unsighted but society ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
3
Charles Harbutt, Photojournalist With an Eye for Art, Dies at 79
Among his most famous black-and-white photographs was one of a blind boy, seemingly trying to transcend his sightlessness by reaching for a ribbon of light on ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
4
APC's first big slip in NASS leadership choice
It was the height of political naiveté and recklessness which borders on total sightlessness and puerility for the APC's leadership - from President Muhammadu ... «Daily Trust, Jun 15»
5
Katye Coe showcases dance as performance art at Sadler's Wells …
With improvisation at its core, Preparation is also an interesting exploration of observation, sightlessness, and dance as a performance art. For me, dance or any ... «Gay Star News, Apr 15»
6
Blind — review
It may be good to disorient the viewer artistically, to convey the poignancy of that ultimate “disoriented” viewing state: sightlessness. But it's also good to know ... «Financial Times, Mar 15»
7
Ike Schambelan, Director Who Brought Disabled Artists to the Stage …
In 2005 the company addressed the issue of sightlessness in an especially forthright and dramatic manner with a production of Seneca's “Oedipus,” directed by ... «New York Times, Feb 15»
8
Simulated sightlessness can have negative effects on people's …
Using simulation to walk in the shoes of a person who is blind -- such as wearing a blindfold while performing everyday tasks -- has negative effects on people's ... «News-Medical.net, Jan 15»
9
Simulated sightlessness can harm people's attitudes toward blindness
Using simulation to walk in the shoes of a person who is blind -- such as wearing a blindfold while performing everyday tasks -- has negative effects on people's ... «CU Boulder News & Events, Jan 15»
10
Dezman Jackson and Blind Industries help people adjust to …
Dezman Jackson and Blind Industries help people adjust to sightlessness. Dezman Jackson. Allyson Washington. Allyson Washington. By Rachel Anne Warren ... «Baltimore City Paper, Jan 15»

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