26984 words

blackness

3 definitions • 5 examples
1
the quality of being very dark, or an area of darkness:

Examples:

She walked over to the window and looked out into the blackness.
I was surrounded by blackness and silence.
2
the state or identity of being a Black person (= a person with dark skin, especially someone who comes from or whose ancestors originally came from Africa):

Examples:

My parents brought me up to feel proud of my blackness.
The book confronts dominant ideas of Blackness in a really interesting way.
3
the quality of being very dark:

Examples:

In such complete blackness, we couldn’t see a thing.

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