"blindness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈblaɪndnəs/ Audio: en-us-blindness.ogg [US] Forms: blindnesses [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪndnəs Etymology: From Middle English blyndnes, blyndnesse, from Old English blindnes (“blindness”), equivalent to blind + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blyndnes}} Middle English blyndnes, {{m|enm|blyndnesse}} blyndnesse, {{inh|en|ang|blindnes|t=blindness}} Old English blindnes (“blindness”), {{af|en|blind|-ness}} blind + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} blindness (usually uncountable, plural blindnesses)
  1. The condition of being blind; unable to see. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (condition of being blind): τυφλότης (tuphlótēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), عَمًى (ʕaman) [masculine] (Arabic), կուրություն (kurutʿyun) (Armenian), urbari [feminine] (Aromanian), urbeatsã [feminine] (Aromanian), ceguera [feminine] (Asturian), слепата́ (sljepatá) [feminine] (Belarusian), অন্ধত্ব (ondhotto) (Bengali), слепота (slepota) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ceguesa [feminine] (Catalan), کوێری (kwêrî) (Central Kurdish), kwêrî (Central Kurdish), khungu (Chichewa), 盲目性 (mángmùxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), slepota [feminine] (Czech), blindhed [common-gender] (Danish), blindheid [feminine] (Dutch), blindeco (Esperanto), pimedus (Estonian), blindleiki [masculine] (Faroese), blindi [neuter] (Faroese), blindni [neuter] (Faroese), sokeus (Finnish), cécité [feminine] (French), cegueira [feminine] (Galician), სიბრმავე (sibrmave) (Georgian), უსინათლობა (usinatloba) (Georgian), Blindheit [feminine] (German), τύφλωση (týflosi) [feminine] (Greek), τυφλότητα (tyflótita) [feminine] (Greek), עיוורון (yvaron) [masculine] (Hebrew), अंधापन (andhāpan) (Hindi), अंधता (andhtā) (Hindi), vakság (Hungarian), daille [feminine] (Irish), cecità [feminine] (Italian), 盲目 (mōmoku) (alt: もうもく) (Japanese), бала (bala) (Kalmyk), ភាពពិការភ្នែក (phiəppikaaphnɛɛk) (Khmer), ភាពខ្វាក់ (phiəpkhvak) (Khmer), 장님 (jangnim) (Korean), caecitās [feminine] (Latin), слепило (slepilo) [neuter] (Macedonian), അന്ധത (andhata) (Malayalam), сохор (soxor) (Mongolian), korî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), korahî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), blindhet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), blindskap [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), نابینایی (nâbinâyi) (Persian), ślepota [feminine] (Polish), cegueira [feminine] (Portuguese), orbire [feminine] (Romanian), слепота́ (slepotá) [feminine] (Russian), doille [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), слепило [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), сљепило [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), слепоћа [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), сљепоћа [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), slepilo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), sljepilo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), slepoća [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sljepoća [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), slepota [feminine] (Slovak), slepota [feminine] (Slovene), ceguera [feminine] (Spanish), upofu (Swahili), blindhet [common-gender] (Swedish), అంధత్వము (andhatvamu) (Telugu), గుడ్డితనం (guḍḍitanaṁ) (Telugu), körlük (Turkish), körlük (Turkmen), сліпота́ (slipotá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), chứng mù (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-blindness-en-noun-sPNGdZIq Disambiguation of 'condition of being blind': 98 1 1
  2. (figuratively) Want of intellectual or moral discernment; mental darkness; ignorance, heedlessness. Tags: figuratively, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Vision
    Sense id: en-blindness-en-noun-vExHmkw5 Disambiguation of Vision: 23 66 11 Categories (other): Central Kurdish terms in nonstandard scripts, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of Central Kurdish terms in nonstandard scripts: 12 85 3 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 78 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 76 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 24 70 6
  3. (obsolete) concealment Tags: obsolete, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-blindness-en-noun-gyXlpJsg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ablepsy [rare], blindhood [rare], cecity, sightlessness Related terms: anosmia, deafness

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "condition of being blind",
          "word": "უსინათლობა"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "týflosi",
          "sense": "condition of being blind",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "τύφλωση"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "tyflótita",
          "sense": "condition of being blind",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "yvaron",
          "sense": "condition of being blind",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "עיוורון"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "andhāpan",
          "sense": "condition of being blind",
          "word": "अंधापन"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "andhtā",
          "sense": "condition of being blind",
          "word": "अंधता"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "condition of being blind",
          "word": "vakság"
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        {
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "condition of being blind",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "daille"
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          "sense": "condition of being blind",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cecità"
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          "alt": "もうもく",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mōmoku",
          "sense": "condition of being blind",
          "word": "盲目"
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        {
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          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "bala",
          "sense": "condition of being blind",
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "phiəppikaaphnɛɛk",
          "sense": "condition of being blind",
          "word": "ភាពពិការភ្នែក"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "phiəpkhvak",
          "sense": "condition of being blind",
          "word": "ភាពខ្វាក់"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jangnim",
          "sense": "condition of being blind",
          "word": "장님"
        },
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          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "kwêrî",
          "sense": "condition of being blind",
          "word": "کوێری"
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          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
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          "sense": "condition of being blind",
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          "word": "caecitās"
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          "roman": "andhata",
          "sense": "condition of being blind",
          "word": "അന്ധത"
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          "word": "сохор"
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          "roman": "nâbinâyi",
          "sense": "condition of being blind",
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          "word": "cegueira"
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          "sense": "condition of being blind",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "slepotá",
          "sense": "condition of being blind",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "слепота́"
        },
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "condition of being blind",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "doille"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "condition of being blind",
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        },
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      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "word": "অন্ধত্ব"
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      "sense": "condition of being blind",
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      "word": "სიბრმავე"
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      "word": "უსინათლობა"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "word": "daille"
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caecitās"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "slepilo",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "слепило"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "andhata",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "word": "അന്ധത"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "soxor",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "word": "сохор"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blindhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blindskap"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nâbinâyi",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "word": "نابینایی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ślepota"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cegueira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "orbire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slepotá",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "слепота́"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "doille"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "слепило"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сљепило"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "слепоћа"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сљепоћа"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "slepilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sljepilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "slepoća"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sljepoća"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "slepota"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "slepota"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ceguera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "word": "upofu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "blindhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "andhatvamu",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "word": "అంధత్వము"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "guḍḍitanaṁ",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "word": "గుడ్డితనం"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "word": "körlük"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "word": "körlük"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "slipotá",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сліпота́"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "condition of being blind",
      "word": "chứng mù"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "blindness"
  ],
  "word": "blindness"
}

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