Noun: blindness blInd-nus
- The state of being blind or lacking sight
"His blindness was caused by a rare genetic disorder";
- sightlessness, cecity
- Unwillingness or inability to understand or discern
"His emotional blindness prevented him from seeing how his actions hurt others"
Type of: vision defect, visual defect, visual disorder, visual impairment
Encyclopedia: Blindness, cortical