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SIGHTEDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sightedness mean?
• SIGHTEDNESS (noun)
The noun SIGHTEDNESS has 1 sense:
1. normal use of the faculty of vision
Familiarity information: SIGHTEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Normal use of the faculty of vision
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("sightedness" is a kind of...):
sight; vision; visual modality; visual sense (the ability to see; the visual faculty)
Derivation:
sighted (able to see)
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