"blackness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈblæknəs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blackness.wav Forms: blacknesses [plural]
Rhymes: -æknəs Etymology: Inherited from Middle English blaknesse, equivalent to black + -ness. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|blaknesse|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English blaknesse, {{inh+|en|enm|blaknesse}} Inherited from Middle English blaknesse, {{af|en|black|-ness}} black + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} blackness (usually uncountable, plural blacknesses)
  1. The state or quality of being black in colour. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (state or quality of being black): μελανότης (melanótēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), سَوَاد (sawād) [masculine] (Arabic), negror [feminine] (Catalan), mustuus (Finnish), noirceur [feminine] (French), negrura [feminine] (Galician), negror [masculine] (Galician), სიშავე (sišave) (Georgian), Schwärze [feminine] (German), nerezza [feminine] (Italian), nigritia [feminine] (Latin), nigredo [feminine] (Latin), nigror [masculine] (Latin), dooid [masculine] (Manx), काळेपणा (kāḷepṇā) [masculine] (Marathi), काळोख (kāḷokh) [masculine] (Marathi), sweartnes [feminine] (Old English), czerń [feminine] (Polish), negridão [feminine] (Portuguese), negrura [feminine] (Portuguese), negror [masculine] (Portuguese), کالَکھ (kālakh) [Shahmukhi, feminine] (Punjabi), чернота́ (černotá) [feminine] (Russian), dubh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), negror [masculine] (Spanish), negrura [feminine] (Spanish), svärta [common-gender] (Swedish), ความดำ (kwaam-dam) (Thai), karalık (Turkish), siyahlık (Turkish), düwch [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. Any space that such colour pervades. Tags: uncountable, usually
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  3. (figurative) Darkness, gloominess; depression. Tags: figuratively, uncountable, usually
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  4. (figurative) The quality of being evil or dismal. Tags: figuratively, uncountable, usually
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  5. The state of being of African descent. Tags: uncountable, usually
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  6. The experiences and culture of African-American people. Tags: uncountable, usually
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Blackness, blacknesse [obsolete] Hypernyms: darkness, dark [noun] Derived forms: antiblackness, blackness studies, political blackness, postblackness, problackness Coordinate_terms: blackenedness, blackishness Translations (result or product): negror [feminine] (Catalan), dubh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), negror [masculine] (Spanish), negrura [feminine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'result or product': 33 8 6 35 7 11

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "tags": [
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      "word": "czerń"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "negridão"
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