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deafness

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishdeefnesse; equivalent todeaf +‎-ness.

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Noun

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deafness (countable anduncountable,pluraldeafnesses)

  1. Thecondition of beingdeaf; thelack orloss of theability tohear.
    • 1965,Frank Herbert,Dune‎[1] (Science Fiction),New York:Ace Books,→OCLC,page47‎[2]:
      Paul wet his lips with his tongue, read: “ ‘Think you of I the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, whatdeafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we cannot see and cannot hear another world all around us? What is there around us that we cannot—’ ”
  2. (figurative) Lack of knowledge or refusal to admit a particular problem, issue, etc.
    theirdeafness to her cries

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Translations

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condition of being deaf

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