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[ blak-nis ] / ˈblæk nɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR blackness ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe quality or state of being black. the quality or state of being a Black person. Negritude. Origin of blacknessA Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at black, -ness Words nearby blacknessBlackmur, Black Muslim, Black Muslims, black mustard, Black Nationalism, blackness, black nightshade, black oak, black olive, black-on-black, black op Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for blacknessWhen you are firing out at night, the red tracers go out into the blackness as if you were drawing with a light pen. War Is Hell and Such Good Fun|Don Gomez|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST The conforms of systemic racism have caused a precious grasping of your blackness that oft times seeks to destroy us. ‘black-ish’ Keeps It Real about the Invisible Black Man|Judnick Mayard|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST In black-ish, Dre reacts by trying to reaffirm his blackness within his home. ‘black-ish’ Keeps It Real about the Invisible Black Man|Judnick Mayard|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST “Blackness is another issue entirely apart from class in America,” Proctor said. An Open Letter to Attorney General Eric Holder: It’s Not About Race|Ron Christie|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There seemed a sense that his blackness alone lent him a protean kind of wisdom, power, promise—hope, we might recall. How Barack and Michelle Have Normalized Black Prominence|John McWhorter|May 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST To the south he could see a blackness on the water that was a sea ranch. The Sensitive Man|Poul William Anderson Then the blackness fell once more; and a thin peal of midsummer thunder rolled over the unseen tree-tops. The Watchers of the Trails|Charles G. D. Roberts Uneasily he walked away, following her with his eyes as she made her way into the blackness of the tunnel and toward the shaft. The Cross-Cut|Courtney Ryley Cooper Past them, however, the blackness was too intense to penetrate. Daughters of Doom|Herbert B. Livingston A cab rolled out of blackness, and into blackness disappeared. The Forsyte Saga, Complete|John Galsworthy
Words related to blacknessduskiness, gloom, murkiness, dark, dimness, nightfall |