color blindness

English

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Alternative forms

• colour blindness

Etymology

color blind + -ness

Noun

color blindness (plural color blindnesses)

1. (pathology) Any of several medical conditions in which the physical ability to see colors is impaired, especially Achromatopsia, Daltonism.
2. (figuratively) Indifference to a person's skin color or race.
   • 2003, Kimberly L. Ebert, "Demystifying Color-Blind Ideology", in C. Herring et al., Skin Deep: How Race and Complexion Matter in the "Color-Blind" Era, p. 1985:

     Despite the fact that race is embedded in American social life, "color blindness" has recently emerged as the dominant ideology of race.

Derived terms

• red-green color blindness / red-green colour blindness

Translations

condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired

Cantonese: 色盲 Chinese (Mandarin): 色盲 Czech: barvoslepost (cs) f. Dutch: kleurenblindheid (nl) f. Estonian: värvipimedus (et) Finnish: värisokeus (fi) German: Farbenblindheit (de) f.

Greek: αχρωματοψία (el) (achromatopsía) f. Japanese: 色盲 (ja) (しきもう (ja), shikimou) Korean: 색맹 (ko) (saengmaeng) Spanish: daltonismo (es) Swedish: färgblindhet (sv) c.

Indifference to a person's skin color or race

Dutch: kleurenblindheid (nl) f.

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French: daltonisme m.