Whiteness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state of being white; white color, or freedom from any darkness or obscurity on the surface.
  • noun. Lack of color in the face; paleness, as from sickness, terror, or grief; pallor.
  • noun. Purity; cleanness; freedom from stain or blemish.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.
  • noun. Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc.
  • noun. Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness.
  • noun. Nakedness.
  • noun. A flock of swans.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state of being white.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
  • noun. the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
  • noun. lightness or fairness of complexion
  • Word Usage
    "But the philosopher who asks whether the Taj has “whiteness” as a constituent and the philosopher who supposes that the Taj does have this property-constituent and asks, “What is the nature of this relation ˜constituent of™ that ˜whiteness™ bears to the Taj?” are asking questions about its ontological structure.)"
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