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Meaning of "tone deafness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TONE DEAFNESS

tone deafness  [təʊn ˈdɛfnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TONE DEAFNESS

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tone deafness 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 TONE DEAFNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tone deafness

Tone deafness is the lack of relative pitch, or the inability to distinguish between musical notes that is not due to the lack of musical training or education. Tone deafness is the congenital form of amusia. It is also known as tune deafness, "tin ear", dysmelodia and dysmusia.

Definition of tone deafness in the English dictionary

The definition of tone deafness in the dictionary is the condition of being tone-deaf.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TONE DEAFNESS


Amazonas
ˌæməˈzəʊnəs
bonus
ˈbəʊnəs
Campinas
kæmˈpiːnəs
cavernous
ˈkævənəs
consciousness
ˈkɒnʃəsnəs
dowfness
ˈdaʊfnəs
dwarfness
ˈdwɔːfnəs
genus
ˈdʒiːnəs
halfness
ˈhɑːfnəs
indigenous
ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs
Jonas
ˈdʒəʊnəs
minus
ˈmaɪnəs
naffness
ˈnæfnəs
rifeness
ˈraɪfnəs
selfness
ˈsɛlfnəs
unsafeness
ʌnˈseɪfnəs
Venus
ˈviːnəs
waterproofness
ˈwɔːtəˌpruːfnəs
weatherproofness
ˈwɛðəˌpruːfnəs
wellness
ˈwɛlnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TONE DEAFNESS

tone
tone arm
tone cluster
tone colour
tone control
tone control knob
tone down
tone language
tone poem
tone row
tone series
tone up
tone-deaf
tone-setter
toned
toneless
tonelessly
tonelessness
toneme
tonemic

WORDS THAT END LIKE TONE DEAFNESS

aloofness
awareness
bluffness
briefness
business
darkness
deafness
do the business
effectiveness
fitness
gruffness
happiness
illness
in the wilderness
madness
stiffness
thickness
tiredness
witness
word deafness

Synonyms and antonyms of tone deafness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tone deafness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TONE DEAFNESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

音性耳聋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sordera tono
570 millions of speakers

English

tone deafness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्वर बहरापन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نغمة الصمم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тон глухота
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tom surdez
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বর বধিরতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

surdité musicale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pekak lembut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ton Taubheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

音痴
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

톤 난청
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Munafik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giai điệu điếc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொனி செவிடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टोन बहिरेपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ses sağırlığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tone sordità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ton głuchota
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тон глухота
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ton surditate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τόνος κώφωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

toon doofheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tonen dövhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tone døvhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tone deafness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TONE DEAFNESS»

The term «tone deafness» is normally little used and occupies the 144.160 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TONE DEAFNESS» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TONE DEAFNESS»

Discover the use of tone deafness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tone deafness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The relationship between music and language
It has been shown that tone-deafness in adults is characterized by a mismatch between pitch perception and production (Loui, et al., 2008; Liu, et al., 2010) as well as to deficits in phonemic awareness (Jones et al., 2009b). It has also been ...
Lutz Jäncke
2
Hearing-impaired Children Under Five: A Guide for Parents ...
To a child with high-tone deafness the consonant sounds /s/, /f/, and not infrequently /t/ are imperfectly audible and vowel sounds like /i/ in tin less distinct than /o/ in coat, or the /aw/ vowel in walk. Once we begin to analyse the capacity of hard ...
Sir Alexander William Gordon Ewing, Lady Ethel Constance Goldsack Ewing, 1971
3
Ability Development from Age Zero
To cure the child's tone deafness, I used the following method: It is very difficult to correct tone deafness which has become internalized. Therefore, instead of correcting the old tone deaf gamut,* I made a new gamut for which I repeated the  ...
Shinʼichi Suzuki, 1969
4
Psychology Around Us
Although tone deafness, or arnusia, is sometimes the result of damage to the auditory system, it can be present from birth. Researchers believe it may be related to genetics (Peretz et al., 2007). Tone deafness affects up to 4 percent of the ...
Ronald Comer, Elizabeth Gould, 2012
5
Music, Language, and the Brain
Over 125 years later, musical tone deafness is receiving new research interest, with tools from modern cognitive science and neuroscience being brought to bear (Drayna et al., 2001; Ayotte et al., 2002; Foxton et al., 2004; Hyde et al., 2004).
Aniruddh D. Patel, 2008
6
Neuropsychology of Art: Neurological, Cognitive and ...
... there is gradation in the agnosia, two major subtypes are identified. First, tone deafness is the inability to discriminate tones on a musical scale, that is, to say whether the tone was in the low end of the scale or the high end (or somewhere ...
Dahlia W. Zaidel, 2013
7
Pediatric Neurology, Part I: Handbook of Clinical Neurology
Musical difficulties are rare: a study of 'tone deafness' among university students. In: G Avanzini, L Lopez, S Koelsch et al. (Eds.), The Neurosciences and Music II: From Perception to Performance. New York Academy of Sciences, New York, ...
Olivier Dulac, Maryse Lassonde, Harvey B. Sarnat, 2013
8
The Professional Singer's Handbook
TONE DEAFNESS Many times during a conversation with someone who loved to sing at some earlier time, I have found that they were steered away from singing merely because they were told that they were "tone deaf." Once you agree with ...
Gloria Rusch, 1998
9
Educating Deaf Child
Therapists nearest to the child's home. High-tone Deafness. When we turn to the problem of the under-five who suffers from a dual defect, deafness and also from mental retardation, we are often brought face to face with a difficulty in diagnosis  ...
V.P. Singh, 2004
10
Hearing Disorders—Advances in Research and Treatment: 2013 ...
(2013 Apr 15) Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard University School of Medicine, Boston: Impaired learning of event frequencies in tone deafness By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Science Letter — Current study results ...
‎2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TONE DEAFNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tone deafness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Tories still tone deaf in Quebec
This tone deafness to what makes Quebeckers tick once again jeopardizes Mr. Harper's recent inroads in the province. This year's Gémeaux gala runs Sept. «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
2
Trials, tribulations and tone deafness feed HBO's 'Silicon Valley'
SAN FRANCISCO Venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers just put an embarrassing gender-discrimination lawsuit behind it. Now, thanks to the HBO show ... «Reuters, Apr 15»
3
Metro's tone deafness has no bounds
But one off-handed exchange showed just how tone-deaf and out of touch Metro brass can really be when it comes to dealing with normal people, a.k.a. ... «Washington Post, Jan 15»
4
'Tone deafness personified': Wendy Davis campaign begins soft …
'Tone deafness personified': Wendy Davis campaign begins soft backpedal on wheelchair ad. Posted at 5:52 pm on October 11, 2014 by Twitchy Staff | View ... «Twitchy, Oct 14»
5
Say that again? Tone deafness is inherited, study finds
Don't spend all your money on music lessons: Turns out tone deafness is an inherited non-talent. Leonard Bernstein (no, not that one) writes in The Checkup:. «Scope, Mar 14»
6
Brain-altering compound could help cure tone deafness
Some people claim they're born to sing, while others openly admit they're tone deaf, but what if you could take a pill and become pitch perfect? That was the ... «Daily Mail, Dec 13»
7
Will hearing aids help 'tone deafness?'
This IS NOT true. Tone deafness is just a short way of saying high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss which IS the type of hearing loss hearing aids are good ... «Coeur d'Alene Press, Jun 12»
8
The Neuroscience of Tone Deafness
Most of us are familiar with people who are tune deaf – these are the people who ... and also a fairly normal ability to hear the difference between isolated tones. «Scientific American, Jan 11»
9
Freaky news about your brain may change your mind
The phenomenon, called tone deafness, refers to people who do poorly at ... looked at images of the brains of 10 people who tested as being tone deaf, and 10 ... «CNN, Aug 09»
10
Tone deafness shows up in the brain
If you always thought there was something the matter with your tone-deaf friends, research has now backed you up: they seem to be lacking some brain material. «Nature.com, Sep 06»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Tone deafness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/tone-deafness>. May 2024 ».
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