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whiteness

[hwahyt-nis, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪt nɪs, ˈwaɪt- /
NOUN
paleness
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NOUN
colorlessness
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In many cases, these structures consist largely of air, yet they can produce striking whiteness without any pigment.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

"The first thing I noticed was the whiteness of everything," said Liza Zorn, a German tourist who visited Ashgabat.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

He theorises that inequality exists in a nation founded on pro-black, pan-African principles because a deference for whiteness was hard-wired into the region, long before independence.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

Their non-Jewishness, their non-otherness, their whiteness, their musical career, and their father’s birthplace—in a region that changed nationalities but ended up in Italy—enabled the family’s relatively smooth immigration process.

From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2025

I look at my four boys, who are the colors of silt, loam, dust, and clay, an infinite palette for children of their own, and I understand that time erases whiteness altogether.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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