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color blindnesses

color blindnesses is the plural of color blindness.

Meaning of color blindness

Noun

color blindness (countable and uncountable, plural color blindnesses)

  1. (US) Any of several medical conditions in which the physical ability to see colors is impaired, especially achromatopsia or Daltonism.
  2. (US, figuratively) An indifference to a person's skin color or race.
    • Despite the fact that race is embedded in American social life, "color blindness" has recently emerged as the dominant ideology of race.2003, Kimberly L. Ebert, "Demystifying Color-Blind Ideology", in C. Herring et al., Skin Deep: How Race and Complexion Matter in the "Color-Blind" Era, p. 1985

Questions about color blindnesses

What is color blindnesses the plural of?
Color blindnesses is the plural of color blindness.

Words near color blindnesses in the dictionary

  1. color barriers
  2. color bars
  3. color bass
  4. color blind
  5. color blindness
  6. color blindnesses
  7. color by number
  8. color by numbers
  9. color center
  10. color charge
  11. color charges

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