What does blindism mean?
Blindism means An idiosyncratic behaviour associated with blind people..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
An idiosyncratic behaviour associated with blind people..
[…] prolonged stay at [asylums] will unfit [the blind] in a great measure for [the actual active world]. Certain peculiar habits are too likely to be acquired, harmless enough in themselves and useful to sightless persons when together, but which attract attention and stamp one as odd in the outside world. […] all of which are roughly but forcibly classed in the school phraseology under the head of “blindisms,”[…]
[…] 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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Blindism means An idiosyncratic behaviour associated with blind people..
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[…] prolonged stay at [asylums] will unfit [the blind] in a great measure for [the actual active world]. Certain peculiar habits are too likely to be acquired, harmless enough in themselves and useful to sightless persons when together, but which attract attention and stamp one as odd in the outside world. […] all of which are roughly but forcibly classed in the school phraseology under the head of “blindisms,”[…]
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