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WHITENESS
white, whiteness
(noun) the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
whiteness
(noun) lightness or fairness of complexion; “only the whiteness of her cheeks gave any indication of the stress from which she was suffering”
purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness
(noun) the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
whiteness (countable and uncountable, plural whitenesses)
The state of being white (all senses).
(sociology, dysphemistic) The collective of White/Europid people and their historical heritage.
Antonyms
• blackness
Source: Wiktionary
White"ness, n. Etym: [AS. hwitness.]
1. The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface. Chaucer.
2. Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc. "The whiteness in thy cheek." Shak.
3. Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness. He had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept. Byron.
4. Nakedness. [Obs.] Chapman.
5. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A flock of swans.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERTRIGO
(noun) chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs)
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