whiteness
/ˈwaɪtnəs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[Snow] may […] exchange its whiteness for yellowness, without losing its right to be called snow; […]"
- "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 […]"
- "Despite this criticism, this check for whiteness of a time series enjoys much popularity as it is very easy to carry out."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English whitenesse, whitnesse, whytnesse, hwitnesse, from Old English hwītnes (“whiteness”), equivalent to white + -ness.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: whitenesse, hwītnes
Usage
Inflected Forms
whitenesses (plural)
whitenesse (alternative, obsolete)
Derived Forms
Phrases
political whiteness
whiteness studies