Definitions for Blackness
ˈblæk nɪsblack·ness

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. black, blackness, inkinessnoun

   the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

2. total darkness, lightlessness, blackness, pitch blackness, blacknoun

   total absence of light

   "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blacknessnoun

   The state, property or quality of being black.

   The blackness of outerspace comes from the lack of anything to reflect light rather than the absence of black.

2. blacknessnoun

   The result or product of being black.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Blacknessnoun

   Etymology: from black.

   1. Black colour.

   Blackness is only a disposition to absorb, or stifle, without reflection, most of the rays of every sort that fall on the bodies. John Locke, Elements of Natural Philosophy, c. ii.

   There would emerge one or more very black spots, and, within those, other spots of an intenser blackness. Isaac Newton, Opt.

   His tongue, his prating tongue, had chang’d him quite,
   To sooty blackness from the purest white. Joseph Addison, Ovid.

   2. Darkness.

   His faults in him seem as the spots of heav’n,
   More fiery by night’s blackness. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

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1. blackness

   Blackness commonly refers to the quality or state of being black in terms of color. In a broader and more complex context, it can also refer to the cultural, social, or political aspects related to individuals or groups who identify as being part of the Black or African Diaspora. This can include shared experiences, identity construction, or a sense of solidarity and community. However, it should be noted that such experiences and identities are diverse and not monolithic. This definition often informs discussions in academia, particularly in fields like African-American or Black studies, sociology, and cultural studies.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Blacknessnoun

   the quality or state of being black; black color; atrociousness or enormity in wickedness

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1. • Achromatic Color

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   Daniel

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Natasha

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Blackness in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Blackness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Blackness in a Sentence

1. Michelle Obama:

   I've grown up in this community. I'm as black as it gets. I was born on the South side. I come from an obviously black family. We weren't rich. I put my blackness up against anybody's blackness in this state, ok ? , and Barack is a black man. And he's done more in terms of meeting his commitments and sticking his neck out for this community than many people who criticize him. And I can say that'cause I'm black.

2. Carol Anderson:

   But for a Black person to do that, somehow that's criminal. So you have the criminalization of Blackness coursing through this thing.

3. Devon Jerome Crawford:

   Mayor Rahm Emanuel is implicated in the shooting death of Laquan McDonald, this killing indicates the detachment of city leaders from the plight of black, teenage youth on the South Side of Chicago and a willingness by the city to criminalize blackness as opposed to reforming structural inequality.

4. Nikole Hannah-Jones:

   And that is that steps forward, steps towards racial progress, are always met with an intensive backlash, that we are a society that willfully does not want to deal with the anti-Blackness that is at the core of so many of our institutions and really our society itself.

5. Caroline Light:

   The fact that we still see this( dehumanization of Blackness) is, I think, proof that we've not really come that far, i wish that I had a silver lining. But I think that we're going to continue to see these kinds of narratives play out because they're so effective, ultimately( at reinforcing existing power structures).

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Blackness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Blackness
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Blackness
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Blackness