blackness

American  

[blak-nis] / ˈblæk nɪs /

noun

1. the quality or state of being black.

2. the quality or state of being a Black person.

3. Negritude.

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Etymology

Origin of blackness

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

Example Sentences

He could see nothing at all: blackness, and a roar.

From Literature

Panicked thoughts bounce at me through the blackness.

From Literature

Dark, nearly black, almost blue in its blackness, melanin black.

From Literature

“This was a period in English culture before blackness acquired its fatal association with slavery,” he writes, identifying a “certain strain of indifference to color” in the thinking of the time.

From The Wall Street Journal

“You turn off the lights and they just tumble into the blackness of space,” he told me.

From Los Angeles Times