Synonyms for blindness
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Noun
1. Cecity
cecity formal US, caecity UK, sightlessness
Other
ignorance, darkness, amaurosis, purblindness, anopia, occecation, ablepsy rare, blindhood rare
Definitions
- n. 1
The condition of being blind; unable to see.
Forms
- Plural
- blindnesses → ignorances, darknesses, amauroses, anopias…
Example sentences
- darkness Light and darkness are two sides of the same coin.
- ignorance He took advantage of my ignorance and deceived me.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| blindness | steady | |
| sightlessness | steady | |
| darkness | rising | |
| ignorance | steady | |
| amaurosis | rising | |
| purblindness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- cecity, anopia
- 7 letters
- caecity, ablepsy
- 8 letters
- darkness2
- 9 letters
- ignorance3, amaurosis, blindhood
- 10 letters
- occecation
- 12 letters
- purblindness
- 13 letters
- sightlessness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (darkness2 = 2 syllables).