Dictionary

whiteness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈʍaɪtnəs/
• /ˈwaɪtnəs/
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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English whitenesse, whitnesse, whytnesse, hwitnesse, from Old English hwītnes (“whiteness”), equivalent to white + -ness.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The state or quality of being white (all senses).
   • [Snow] may […] exchange its whiteness for yellowness, without losing its right to be called snow; […] 1666, Robert Boyle, Origin of Forms and Qualities according to the Corpuscular Philosophy:
2. (capitalized, countable, often, uncountable) The quality of being white (in the racial sense).
   • As a white body, I have not had to face my whiteness; insofar as the world is oriented around whiteness, I rarely have to turn my attention back onto myself, as do the black and brown bodies that are “stopped” or “held up” for being out of place […] 2013, Shelley M. Park, Mothering Queerly, Queering Motherhood, page 42:
3. (countable, of a stochastic process, uncountable) The quality of being white noise.
   • Despite this criticism, this check for whiteness of a time series enjoys much popularity as it is very easy to carry out. 2005, Helmut Lütkepohl, New Introduction to Multiple Time Series Analysis, page 161:

Forms

Antonyms

Blackness · blackness

Deriveds

prowhiteness · antiwhiteness · political whiteness · whiteness studies · nonwhiteness

Translations (65)

de Weisse (state of being white) · bg бледност (state of being white) · ast blancura (state of being white) · ota بیاض (state of being white) · de Weisssein (state of being white) · hu fehérség (state of being white) · de Weiße (state of being white) · es blancor (state of being white) · th ความขาว (state of being white) · ast blancor (state of being white) · nl witheid (state of being white) · es albor (state of being white) · te తెల్లదనము (state of being white) · gl brancura (state of being white) · ro albiciune (state of being white) · txb arkwiññe (state of being white) · nl blankheid (quality of being white) · bg белота (state of being white) · ar بَيَاض (state of being white) · nci iztacāyōtl (state of being white) · nl witheid (quality of being white) · gl albura (state of being white) · eo blankeco (quality of being white) · pt brancura (state of being white) · ga gile (state of being white) · ka სითეთრე (state of being white) · sk belosť (state of being white) · fr blanchitude (quality of being white) · pl biel (state of being white) · sh belina (state of being white) · la albitūdō (state of being white) · tr aklık (state of being white) · de Weißsein (state of being white) · hy սպիտակություն (state of being white) · pt alvura (state of being white) · pt branquitude (quality of being white) · sk bielosť (state of being white) · gl brancor (state of being white) · ga báine (state of being white) · grc λευκότης (state of being white) · sv vithet (state of being white) · fr blancheur (state of being white) · ota بیاضلق (state of being white) · de Weißheit (state of being white) · ca albor (state of being white) · hi सफ़ेदी (state of being white) · it bianchezza (state of being white) · ro albeață (state of being white) · hy ճերմակություն (state of being white) · ca blancúria (state of being white) · fr blanchité (quality of being white) · ro albitate (state of being white) · tr beyazlık (state of being white) · it biancore (state of being white) · ru белизна́ (state of being white) · fi valkoisuus (state of being white) · bn সফেদী (state of being white) · de Weissheit (state of being white) · es albura (state of being white) · sh bjelina (state of being white) · sk bieloba (state of being white) · ca blancor (state of being white) · fr blancheur (quality of being white) · es blancura (state of being white) · pl białość (state of being white)