"whiteness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwaɪtnəs/, /ˈʍaɪtnəs/ Audio: en-us-whiteness.ogg Forms: whitenesses [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪtnəs Etymology: Inherited from Middle English whitenesse, whitnesse, whytnesse, hwitnesse, from Old English hwītnes (“whiteness”), equivalent to white + -ness. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|whitenesse|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English whitenesse, {{inh+|en|enm|whitenesse}} Inherited from Middle English whitenesse, {{inh|en|ang|hwītnes|t=whiteness}} Old English hwītnes (“whiteness”), {{af|en|white|-ness}} white + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} whiteness (countable and uncountable, plural whitenesses)
  1. The state or quality of being white (all senses). Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state of being white): λευκότης (leukótēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), بَيَاض (bayāḍ) [masculine] (Arabic), ճերմակություն (čermakutʻyun) (Armenian), սպիտակություն (spitakutʻyun) (Armenian), blancura [feminine] (Asturian), blancor [feminine, masculine] (Asturian), সফেদী (śophedi) (Bengali), белота (belota) [feminine] (Bulgarian), бледност (blednost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), blancor [feminine] (Catalan), blancúria [feminine] (Catalan), albor [feminine] (Catalan), iztacāyōtl (Classical Nahuatl), witheid [feminine] (Dutch), valkoisuus (Finnish), blancheur [feminine] (French), brancor [masculine] (Galician), brancura [feminine] (Galician), albura [feminine] (Galician), სითეთრე (sitetre) (Georgian), Weiße [feminine] (German), Weisse [Liechtenstein, Switzerland, feminine] (German), Weißheit [feminine] (German), Weissheit [Liechtenstein, Switzerland, feminine] (German), Weißsein [neuter] [sociology, social-science, human-sciences, sciences] (German), Weisssein [Liechtenstein, Switzerland, neuter] [sociology, social-science, human-sciences, sciences] (German), सफ़ेदी (safedī) [feminine] (Hindi), fehérség (Hungarian), báine [feminine] (Irish), gile [feminine] (Irish), bianchezza [feminine] (Italian), biancore [masculine] (Italian), albitūdō [feminine] (Latin), białość [feminine] (Polish), biel [feminine] (Polish), brancura [feminine] (Portuguese), alvura [feminine] (Portuguese), albiciune [feminine] (Romanian), albeață [feminine] (Romanian), albitate [feminine] (Romanian), белизна́ (belizná) (Russian), bjelina [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), belina [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), blancura [feminine] (Spanish), albor [masculine] (Spanish), albura [feminine] (Spanish), vithet [common-gender] (Swedish), తెల్లదనము (telladanamu) (Telugu), ความขาว (kwaam-kǎao) (Thai), arkwiññe (Tocharian B), beyazlık (Turkish), aklık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-whiteness-en-noun-~YveDSpD Disambiguation of 'state of being white': 49 26 25
  2. (sociology, often capitalized) The quality of being white (in the racial sense). Tags: capitalized, countable, often, uncountable Categories (topical): Sociology
    Sense id: en-whiteness-en-noun-ELVShJV- Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
  3. (statistics, of a stochastic process) The quality of being white noise. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Statistics
    Sense id: en-whiteness-en-noun-HQGt~MPz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Classical Nahuatl translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Tocharian B translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 36 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 16 29 55 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 15 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 22 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 12 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 15 28 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 7 24 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 7 19 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 8 20 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 8 20 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 7 19 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 8 20 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Classical Nahuatl translations: 5 10 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 6 19 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 5 15 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 19 74 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 17 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 8 20 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 8 20 72 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 19 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 8 27 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 14 24 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 10 20 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 5 16 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 5 16 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 8 20 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 8 21 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 8 20 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 14 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 8 20 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 14 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 19 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 5 19 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 8 20 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Tocharian B translations: 2 9 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 7 19 74 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Whiteness, whitenesse [obsolete] Derived forms: antiwhiteness, political whiteness, prowhiteness, whiteness studies Translations (quality of being white): blankheid [feminine] (Dutch), witheid [feminine] (Dutch), blankeco (Esperanto), blancheur [feminine] (French), blanchité [feminine] (French), blanchitude [feminine] (French), branquitude [feminine] (Portuguese)
Disambiguation of 'quality of being white': 28 35 38

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1666, Robert Boyle, Origin of Forms and Qualities according to the Corpuscular Philosophy:",
          "text": "[Snow] may […] exchange its whiteness for yellowness, without losing its right to be called snow; […]",
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          "word": "সফেদী"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "state of being white",
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          "sense": "state of being white",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sitetre",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "word": "სითეთრე"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Weiße"
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          "sense": "state of being white",
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "leukótēs",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "49 26 25",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "safedī",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "सफ़ेदी"
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        {
          "_dis1": "49 26 25",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "word": "fehérség"
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          "_dis1": "49 26 25",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "báine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 26 25",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "gile"
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        {
          "_dis1": "49 26 25",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bianchezza"
        },
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          "_dis1": "49 26 25",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "biancore"
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        {
          "_dis1": "49 26 25",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "albitūdō"
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          "_dis1": "49 26 25",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "białość"
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          "_dis1": "49 26 25",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "biel"
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          "_dis1": "49 26 25",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "brancura"
        },
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          "_dis1": "49 26 25",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "alvura"
        },
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          "_dis1": "49 26 25",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "albiciune"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "albeață"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "albitate"
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        {
          "_dis1": "49 26 25",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "belizná",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "word": "белизна́"
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          "_dis1": "49 26 25",
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "state of being white",
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          "sense": "state of being white",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "state of being white",
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          "word": "blancura"
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          "sense": "state of being white",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "state of being white",
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          "word": "vithet"
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          "_dis1": "49 26 25",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "telladanamu",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "word": "తెల్లదనము"
        },
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          "_dis1": "49 26 25",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kwaam-kǎao",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "word": "ความขาว"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 26 25",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "word": "arkwiññe"
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          "_dis1": "49 26 25",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "word": "beyazlık"
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          "_dis1": "49 26 25",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "state of being white",
          "word": "aklık"
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        {
          "ref": "2013, Shelley M. Park, Mothering Queerly, Queering Motherhood, page 42:",
          "text": "As a white body, I have not had to face my whiteness; insofar as the world is oriented around whiteness, I rarely have to turn my attention back onto myself, as do the black and brown bodies that are “stopped” or “held up” for being out of place […]",
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        "(sociology, often capitalized) The quality of being white (in the racial sense)."
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "bianchezza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of being white",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "biancore"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "state of being white",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "albitūdō"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state of being white",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "białość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state of being white",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of being white",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brancura"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of being white",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alvura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of being white",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "albiciune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of being white",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "albeață"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of being white",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "albitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "belizná",
      "sense": "state of being white",
      "word": "белизна́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of being white",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bjelina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of being white",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "belina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of being white",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blancura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of being white",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "albor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of being white",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "albura"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state of being white",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vithet"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "telladanamu",
      "sense": "state of being white",
      "word": "తెల్లదనము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kwaam-kǎao",
      "sense": "state of being white",
      "word": "ความขาว"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "state of being white",
      "word": "arkwiññe"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state of being white",
      "word": "beyazlık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state of being white",
      "word": "aklık"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "quality of being white",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blankheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "quality of being white",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "witheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "quality of being white",
      "word": "blankeco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "quality of being white",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blancheur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "quality of being white",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blanchité"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "quality of being white",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blanchitude"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "quality of being white",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "branquitude"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whiteness"
}

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