different between blackness vs obscurity
blackness
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?blækn?s/
Etymology
From Middle English blaknesse, equivalent to black +? -ness.
Noun
blackness (usually uncountable, plural blacknesses)
- The state or quality of being black.
- The blackness of outer space comes from the lack of anything to reflect light rather than the absence of light.
- The state of being of African descent.
- 2018, David Betancourt, ‘Black Panther’ fully embraces its blackness -- and that's what makes it unforgettable, The Washington Post:
- “Black Panther” is a stunning visual and cultural achievement that takes superhero cinema where it’s never gone before by not being afraid to embrace its blackness.
- 2018, David Betancourt, ‘Black Panther’ fully embraces its blackness -- and that's what makes it unforgettable, The Washington Post:
Antonyms
- whiteness
Translations
blackness From the web:
- blackness what does that mean
- what causes blackness around the eyes
- what causes blackness between thighs
- what is blackness essay
- what defines blackness
- what causes blackness around mouth
- what causes blackness in corner of eyes
- what does blackness mean to you
obscurity
English
Etymology
From Middle French obscurité, from Latin obsc?rit?s; synchronically analyzable as obscure +? -ity
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?skj????ti/, /?b?skj????ti/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b?skj???ti/, /?b?skj??ti/
- Hyphenation: ob?scur?ity
Noun
obscurity (countable and uncountable, plural obscurities)
- (literary) Darkness; the absence of light.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 24
- I walked in, and Stroeve followed me. The room was in darkness. I could only see that it was an attic, with a sloping roof; and a faint glimmer, no more than a less profound obscurity, came from a skylight.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 24
- The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown.
- The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.
Synonyms
- (the state of being unknown): unknownness
Antonyms
- (the state of being known): fame
- (the state of being clear): clarity
Related terms
- obscure
Translations
obscurity From the web:
- what obscurity means
- obscurity what does that word mean
- what does obscurity mean
- what does obscurity mean in the bible
- what is obscurity rating
- what does obscurity rating mean
- what does obscurity
- what do obscurity mean
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- blackness vs obscurity
- create vs bear
- atrocity vs hideousness
- heap vs combine
- evil vs unprincipled
- just vs wholly
- treacherous vs cunning
- framer vs founder
- disunite vs dissociate
- detraction vs impairment
- avow vs certify
- unmerciful vs unrelenting
- asinine vs irrational
- peevish vs malcontent
- horrible vs baleful
- belligerent vs rancorous
- stately vs grandiose
- verified vs pure
- diary vs schedule
- unremarkable vs unanimated