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blindism

noun

Etymology

From blind + -ism.

  1. inherited from *blindaz✻
  2. inherited from *blind✻
  3. inherited from blind
  4. inherited from blynd
  5. suffixed as blindism — “blind + ism”

Definitions

  1. An idiosyncratic behaviour associated with blind people.

    • […] Anne's mother was chopping what smelled like onions. Nervously, I stuck out my hand to shake hers—a “blindism,” I realized even as I did it, since I knew her hands were busy and messy.

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