BLINDNESS Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

blindness

noun

Definition of blindness

as in amnesia

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Recent Examples of blindness 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 Looking at the sun without proper protection can result in permanent blindness and vision problems. — Harry Bennett, Space.com, 5 Aug. 2026 For millions of people with geographic atrophy, the speck in their vision is far more literal and can eventually lead to blindness. — New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2026 Midjourney, Nano Banana, Kling, Veo 3 and ElevenLabs An intimate exploration of Kev’s personal experience of blindness, highlighting the people, relationships and aspects of everyday life that matter most to him. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 July 2026 Buyers Need Meaning The overabundance of content is creating information blindness. — Andrey Insarov, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 The mutations cause small cells in the retina to die, leading to blindness. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026

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Noun

Then there are the fragmented attention spans birthed by our dearly beloved screens, which cultivate a kind of cognitive whiplash that vacillates between amnesia and yearning for more.

— Christopher Coffman, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026
Backstabbing, scheming, secret children showing up to cause trouble, brainwashing, amnesia, terrorist massacres at weddings, and shoulder pads… so, so many shoulder pads.

— Maggie Fremont, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of amnesia

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And of his fascination in the idea that people might go on living after death, in oblivion.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
Third, each of these CEOs has focused on fixing operations rather than reaching for the tired but easier playbook of financial engineering, buybacks, and cost-cutting into oblivion.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026

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