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sightlessness

  • a word derived from sightless.
    sightless
    adjective
    unable to see; blind.

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My journey into voluntary sightlessness began while backpacking through Southeast Asia in my mid-20s.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2018

Visually, “Notes on Blindness” subtly evokes sightlessness with its many scenes with shadowy palette, figures in silhouette and brief interludes in which the screen goes dark.

From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2016

And rest assured, if you bother to press Williams on how Arya is dealing with sightlessness, she will say, in the nicest way possible, don’t waste MY time or YOURS.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 20, 2016

But it is his final work, Samson Agonistes, which confirms Milton as the poet of insight in sightlessness.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 31, 2012

His complexion had the color and general appearance of drawing-paper, and in his large blue eyes was an eerie hint of sightlessness.

From The Yellow Claw by Sax Rohmer

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