Synonyms of blindness

blindness

noun

as in amnesia

Related Words

• amnesia
• forgetfulness
• oblivion
• ignorance
• obliviousness
• unawareness
• unconsciousness
• unfamiliarity
• nirvana
• insensibility
• inattention
• absorption
• preoccupation
• inattentiveness
• absentmindedness
• nescience
• abstraction
• innocence
• incognizance

Dissimilar Words

• memory
• recollection
• awareness
• consciousness
• recall
• remembrance
• alertness
• cognizance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blindness

River blindness is caused by a parasitic worm that’s transmitted when people are bitten repeatedly by infected blackflies. — Joshua R. Ehrlich, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

Within this literature, no decade is more doom-laden than the nineteen-thirties, when misguided hope and willful blindness led the world’s democracies to grossly underestimate the threat of Fascism. — Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Symptoms of the disease include severe itching and disfiguring skin conditions, as well as visual impairment and even permanent blindness after lesions develop on one’s eyes. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026

Put differently, blindness, two-handedness, and the continuous line are restraints that freed Nauman from the habits of description. — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Outbreaks continue to occur every year, causing deaths, blindness, and permanent injuries. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 31 Aug. 2026

Damage near the surgical site can cause blindness, stroke, or death. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026

These recalls resulted from various safety concerns, including reports of infections, partial loss of vision, and blindness. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 21 Aug. 2026

People are doing this now to treat – this is not our work – but to treat like forms of retinal degeneration and blindness actually. — Quanta Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026