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Blindness

Noun CEFR B2
ˈblaɪndnəs

Definitions

  1. The condition of being blind; unable to see.
    uncountable, usually
  2. Want of intellectual or moral discernment; mental darkness; ignorance, heedlessness.
    figuratively, uncountable, usually
  3. concealment
    obsolete, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Españolceguera
Françaiscécité
DeutschBlindheit
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Examples

“DHPG […] is effective in fighting Cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common virus which, for PWAs, can cause CMV retinitis — a condition which can lead⟳ to blindness within weeks.”
“A tormenting hunger shuddered through her and she wished she could put⟳ aside the power. Oh, to be as others were — blind in that safest of all blindnesses, living only the hypnoidal half-life into which birth-shock precipitated most humans.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Blindnesses Blinds Blindside blindside flanker Blindsided blindsider

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