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countable and uncountable, plural deafnesses
The condition of being deaf; the lack or loss of the ability to hear. quotations examples
Paul wet his lips with his tongue, read: “ ‘Think you of I the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we cannot see and cannot hear another world all around us? What is there around us that we cannot—’ ”
1965, Frank Herbert, Dune (Science Fiction), New York: Ace Books, page 47
(figurative) Lack of knowledge or refusal to admit a particular problem, issue, etc. examples