whiteness

[hwahyt-nis, wahyt-]

noun

1. the quality or state of being white.

2. paleness.

3. purity.

4. a white substance.

Word History and Origins

Origin of whiteness¹

before 1000; Middle English whitenes, Old English hwītnes. See white, -ness

Example Sentences

Israel was shoehorned into “whiteness” so it could be made a scapegoat.

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TRL's data suggests that LED and whiter headlamps may be linked to glare and that drivers might find their whiteness harder to cope with.

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"Once you go inside the continent, there is nothing. It's just a big, vast expanse of whiteness and there is no life," Tordeur said.

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Even when it doesn’t affect the plot directly, it’s the canvas the story is painted on, its whiteness of an intensity not otherwise seen on the screen, except in starship hallways.

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Castas charted categories of racial mixing, assigning hierarchies based on proximity to whiteness.

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