blackness

[ blak-nis ]

noun

1. the quality or state of being black.
2. the quality or state of being a Black person.
3. Negritude.

Word History and Origins

Origin of blackness¹

A Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; black, -ness

Example Sentences

The amnesia conceit allows the film to highlight its artificiality: painted backdrops, stages that recede into blackness, supporting players recast in multiple roles.

From Los Angeles Times

She continued up Lake Avenue, then suddenly plunged into blackness.

From Los Angeles Times

This white haziness in their lungs, where there should only be the empty blackness of air, is commonly the mark of a tuberculosis infection.

From Salon

All eyewitnesses like Samia* can say for certain is that the lights went out suddenly, plunging D Chowk, the square where they had gathered, into blackness.

From BBC

And she shrugged off attacks aimed at Harris's racial identity, including from Donald Trump, who questioned her blackness.

From BBC