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blackness

[ blak-nis ]

noun

  1. the quality or state of being black.
  2. the quality or state of being a Black person.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of blackness1

A Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; black, -ness
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The amnesia conceit allows the film to highlight its artificiality: painted backdrops, stages that recede into blackness, supporting players recast in multiple roles.

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She continued up Lake Avenue, then suddenly plunged into blackness.

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This white haziness in their lungs, where there should only be the empty blackness of air, is commonly the mark of a tuberculosis infection.

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All eyewitnesses like Samia* can say for certain is that the lights went out suddenly, plunging D Chowk, the square where they had gathered, into blackness.

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And she shrugged off attacks aimed at Harris's racial identity, including from Donald Trump, who questioned her blackness.

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