But at least they are not blinded by ideology and are able to confront the world as it is rather than how they wish it to be.
Even one of its most prominent cheerleaders, Alan Greenspan, claims to have been blinded by its ideology.
But being born in the South “blinded him to the inherent wrong at the bottom of the system of Slavery,” Northup wrote.
Is it better to have the wool pulled over our eyes, or to be blinded with the illusion of transparency?
Or maybe they were blinded with excitement from witnessing a cameo by their hometown hero.
Now you know it's the rule that she must be blinded in some way.
He was blinded by the flash that seemed to reveal to him what had happened.
She sacrificed herself to his fame; she blinded herself to the greatest mistake a woman could make.
The house was all black and silent, a dead face with blinded windows.
"I am blinded for life," she continued with the clear tones of one whose mental vision sees the future unveiled.
1590s, past participle adjective from blind (v.). Figurative sense is earlier (1530s).
Old English blind "blind," also "dark, enveloped in darkness, obscure; unintelligent, lacking mental perception," probably from West Germanic *blinda- "blind" (cf. Dutch and German blind, Old Norse blindr, Gothic blinds "blind"), perhaps, via notion of "to make cloudy, deceive," from an extended Germanic form of the PIE root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (see bleach (v.)); cf. Lithuanian blendzas "blind," blesti "to become dark." The original sense, not of "sightless," but of "confused," perhaps underlies such phrases as blind alley (Chaucer's lanes blynde), which is older than the sense of "closed at one end" (1610s). In reference to doing something without seeing it first, by 1840. Of aviators flying without instruments or without clear observation, from 1919. Blindman's bluff is from 1580s.
The twilight, or rather the hour between the time when one can no longer see to read and the lighting of the candles, is commonly called blindman's holiday. [Grose, 1796]Related: Blinded; blinding.
"deprive of sight," early 13c., from Old English blendan "to blind, deprive of sight; deceive," from Proto-Germanic *blandjan (see blind (adj.)); form influenced in Middle English by the adjective. Related: Blinded; blinding.
"a blind person; blind persons collectively," late Old Engish, from blind (adj.). Meaning "place of concealment" is from 1640s. Meaning "anything that obstructs sight" is from 1702.
blind (blīnd)
adj.
Unable to see; without useful sight.
Having a maximal visual acuity of the better eye, after correction by refractive lenses, of one-tenth normal vision or less (20/200 or less on the Snellen test).
Of, relating to, or for sightless persons.
Closed at one end, as a tube or sac.
adj phr,adj
Very drunk (1840+)
adjective
adverb
Completely; cold •Most common in the expression rob someone blind: Goddam car was eating me blind (1900s+ esp students)
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Blind beggars are frequently mentioned (Matt. 9:27; 12:22; 20:30; John 5:3). The blind are to be treated with compassion (Lev. 19:14; Deut. 27:18). Blindness was sometimes a punishment for disobedience (1 Sam. 11:2; Jer. 39:7), sometimes the effect of old age (Gen. 27:1; 1 Kings 14:4; 1 Sam. 4:15). Conquerors sometimes blinded their captives (2 Kings 25:7; 1 Sam. 11:2). Blindness denotes ignorance as to spiritual things (Isa. 6:10; 42:18, 19; Matt. 15:14; Eph. 4:18). The opening of the eyes of the blind is peculiar to the Messiah (Isa. 29:18). Elymas was smitten with blindness at Paul's word (Acts 13:11).
