Synonyms for blindness
blind·ness

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1. blindnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   ablepsy, cecity, sightlessness

2. blindnessnoun

   The condition of being blind; unable to see.

   Synonyms:
   ablepsy, sightlessness, cecity

3. blindnessnoun

   Want of intellectual or moral discernment; mental darkness; ignorance, heedlessness.

   Synonyms:
   ablepsy, cecity, sightlessness

4. blindnessnoun

   concealment

   Synonyms:
   ablepsy, sightlessness, cecity

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1. blindness, sightlessness, cecitynoun

   the state of being blind or lacking sight

   Synonyms:
   cecity, sightlessness

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1. blindnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   sightlessness, anopsia, purblindness, amaurosis

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1. List of paraphrases for "blindness":

   blinding, self-delusion, self-deception

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1. Bob Forrester:

   Here you have a young man who volunteers to go to war to help preserve the United States and United States opportunities, at the same time, he thinks he’s going to be a pilot but has the bad luck of not being a pilot because of his blue eyes, or his color blindness. Which also happened to be one of the things that got him such good movie roles, aside from being a great actor, of course. But it was his experience out there that made him realize the difference between people was circumstance.

2. J. Frank Dobie:

   Putting on the spectacles of science in expectation of finding an answer to everything looked at signifies inner blindness.

3. Laura Simpson:

   Surprisingly, the dog is in fairly good, physical condition, the blindness of course is from a pre-existing condition, but he’s not in foster care and we’re hoping he can find a home where he’s loved and respected in the way he should be.

4. The ACLU:

   But respect and love for America doesn't require blindness to America's failure to honor its promise of racial justice and equality - failures that are made even more evident each time the police murder a person of color and get away with it.

5. Celine Gounder:

   Measles is also pneumonia, brain infection, it's the leading cause of childhood blindness in the world, if you want to do something natural, vaccination is far more natural than if your child ends up on a ventilator or needing antibiotics or if they end up with a brain infection so if you are trying to balance what's the most natural way to take care of your child, I would say measles vaccine is pretty high up there.