Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Partially or totally unable to distinguish certain colors.
- adjective Not subject to racial prejudices.
- adjective Not recognizing racial or class distinctions.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a less than normal ability to
distinguish colors . There are several different forms of this usuallygenetic condition, and different forms determine which colors are indistinguishable. - adjective US, of a policy That does not
discriminate on the basis ofrace orskin color.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word colorblind.
Examples
-
Some species of monkeys are dichromats - they have only two kinds of cones and see much like what most people think of when the term colorblind comes up.
Archive 2006-10-01 Field Notes 2006
-
Some species of monkeys are dichromats - they have only two kinds of cones and see much like what most people think of when the term colorblind comes up.
An Island of Colorblindness Field Notes 2006
-
Kameron Hurley recently blogged about how "writing colorblind is writing white."
he's got a mean look sittin' on in his eye, gonna shoot some poor son of a bitch just to see him die matociquala 2007
-
This new racist ideology is often referred to as colorblind or laissez faire racism.
-
This new racist ideology is often referred to as colorblind or laissez faire racism.
-
You can call this a lot of things, but colorblind is not one of them. continue reading ...
Balkinization 2003
-
The best evidence that the Fourteenth Amendment was not intended to be colorblind is the fact that it was necessary to pass a Fifteenth Amendment in 1870 specifically granting blacks the right to vote.
Balkinization 2003
-
You can call this a lot of things, but colorblind is not one of them.
Balkinization 2003
-
The best evidence that the Fourteenth Amendment was not intended to be colorblind is the fact that it was necessary to pass a Fifteenth Amendment in 1870 specifically granting blacks the right to vote.
Balkinization 2003
-
No, I don’t think they’re what we call colorblind, Shrev.
DEBTOR'S PLANET W.R. THOMPSON 2000
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.