BLINDNESS Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

blindness

noun

Definition of blindness

as in amnesia

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Recent Examples of blindness The song provides the perfect title music for his life, a tale of love, blindness, and, above all, a profound sense of nostalgia. — Nathan King, airmail.news, 9 July 2026 Survivors were often left with permanent scarring or blindness. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026 In doing so, their blindness unleashed the very worst of the Caitlin Clark experience, when justifiable anger crosses over into veiled racial attacks. — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 27 June 2026 Contact with these plants can cause painful rashes, blisters, or even blindness. — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 21 June 2026 While most recover, some — particularly young babies, pregnant people and those with weak immune systems — are at higher risk of developing dangerous complications such as pneumonia, brain swelling, blindness or even death. — Devi Shastri, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026 While most recover, some — including young babies, pregnant people and those with weak immune systems — are at higher risk of developing dangerous complications like pneumonia, brain swelling, blindness or even dying. — Devi Shastri, Fortune, 20 June 2026 No risk of automation blindness, right? — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026 There can be, although rare, very significant risks, like blindness. — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 17 June 2026

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Noun

Veteran journalist Katie Couric is opening up about a recent health scare after experiencing several hours of sudden memory loss, an episode doctors later diagnosed as transient global amnesia, a condition that causes temporary memory loss.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
This psychological thriller stars Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby, a man with anterograde amnesia struggling to track down his wife’s murderer using a system of tattoos and notes.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of amnesia

Noun

Name Recall This is one of those areas where forgetfulness quickly goes from being a charming quirk to potentially offensive—an especially perilous hazard for a CEO.

— Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Sonya will frequently feign forgetfulness or cite her underage drinking as an excuse for not remembering.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 June 2026

Definition of forgetfulness

Noun

Many credit Latvala for saving the Republicans from oblivion by providing party leaders the data tools, expertise and technology needed to overthrow Democrats and launch a reign of dominance that continues today.

— Michael Van Sickler, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
But as memory makers try to build higher stacks to pack in more bits and bandwidth, experts worry this high bandwidth-memory (HBM) will trap enough heat to cook itself into oblivion.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2026

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