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blakness

blakness noun: the state or quality of being blak.

Noun

blakness (uncountable)

  1. (Australia) The state or quality of being blak.
    • Wadjelas demand the right to define others, just defining themselves is not enough. They demand to define whiteness and blakness.2021 November 7, Claire [G.] Coleman, “Not quite blak enough: ‘The people who think I am too white to be Aboriginal are all white’”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2021

Forms of blakness

alternative formblakkness

Origin of blakness

From blak + -ness.

Questions about blakness

What does blakness mean?
Blakness means the state or quality of being blak.
What part of speech is blakness?
Blakness is a noun.

Words near blakness in the dictionary

  1. blakker
  2. blakkest
  3. blakkness
  4. Blakley
  5. Blakleys
  6. blakness
  7. Blakney
  8. Blakney Creek
  9. Blakneys
  10. blaks
  11. Blaktino

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