blackness

How to use blackness in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for blackness.

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"Whiteness" is defined in contrast to a person's blackness.

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Quick take

the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of blackness gathered in one view.

noun

the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

noun

total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for blackness.

noun

the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

noun

total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night"

Example sentences

"Whiteness" is defined in contrast to a person's blackness.

I really like Rap Genius, but I wish they would tone down the blackness of the background.

"The Lord had cursed Cains seed with blackness and prohibited them the Priesthood.

I've been blind in my left eye since birth and kids often asked me what I saw, assuming that it was just blackness.

The blackness of it was so extreme that it was almost impossible to tell how close you were standing to it.

When we close both eyes, we perceive a blackness, or perhaps some sort of reddish/purplish glow of light through eyelids, or the after-effect of light.

Shapes begin to emerge toward me out of the blackness, and I morph them into animals or goblins or whatever I feel like molding them into.

Peer effects are also entirely about anti-blackness and racial oppression.

Subconsciously thinking someone with a name usually thought to indicate blackness—like Tyrone—is different is racist.

You never worked with a person that has a "black" accent?And given this distinction between "sounding black" and "sounding unprofessional," one might harbor some doubt as to whether the study in question controlled for perceived professionalism when estimating the effect of perceived blackness.