colour-blind
/'kʌləblaind/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Unable to distinguish certain colors: Describes a person whose vision is deficient in perceiving differences between some colors, especially reds and greens or blues and yellows.
- Unprejudiced regarding race: Describes a person, policy, or attitude that does not discriminate on the basis of skin color or ethnic origin.
Usage Examples
- Adjective (Visual Condition):
- He is colour-blind and cannot tell the difference between red and green traffic lights.
- Colour-blind individuals often use special software to help distinguish colors on charts.
- Adjective (Social Attitude):
- The company promotes a colour-blind hiring policy, focusing solely on qualifications.
- She advocates for a colour-blind society where people are judged by their character.
Advanced Usage
- "Colour-blind to": Metaphorically indifferent or insensitive to a particular distinction or issue.
- The manager was colour-blind to the office politics, treating all complaints equally.
- In legal and sociological contexts, "colour-blind" can describe constitutional interpretations or ideologies that advocate for non-recognition of race in law and policy.
Variants and Related Words
- Color-blind: The standard American English spelling.
- Colour blindness (noun): The condition of being colour-blind.
- Colour blindness is more common in men.
- Daltonism (noun): A term for red-green colour blindness.
- Colour-blindly (adverb): In a colour-blind manner.
- The law was applied colour-blindly.
Synonyms
- Achromatopsic (medical): Pertaining to complete color blindness.
- Non-discriminatory: Not making unfair distinctions, especially regarding race.
- Impartial: Treating all rivals or disputants equally.
Antonyms
- Discriminatory: Making or showing an unfair prejudice.
- Chauvinistic: Displaying excessive or prejudiced loyalty.
- Racist: Showing or feeling discrimination or prejudice against people of other races.
Related Phrases
- Colour-blind approach: A method or policy that intentionally ignores racial categories.
- Their colour-blind approach to education aims to treat all students identically.
- Colour-blind justice: The principle that the legal system should operate without regard to race.
- The judge was committed to the ideal of colour-blind justice.
Adjective
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unprejudiced about race
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unable to distinguish one or more chromatic colors
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