total blindness
Seeing absolutely nothing
Total blindness is the complete absence of vision—no light perception, no shadows, nothing.
The term distinguishes this condition from partial blindness or legal blindness, where some visual function remains.
She has lived with total blindness since birth.
Most people classified as blind retain some degree of light perception; total blindness is comparatively rare.
- sightlessUnable to perceive visually
- darknessTotal absence of light
- blacknessComplete absence of light
- white caneNavigation aid for blindness
- seeing eye dogTrained canine for blind
cane · screen reader · guide dog · unseeing · pitch black · vision loss · eyes · touch · echolocation · shadows · lost sight · void · fumbling · helpless · navigating · tactile · audio · hearing
- blindnesslow vision, vision loss, sightlessness, visual impairment, tunnel vision
- eye problemscataracts, glaucoma, blurred vision, eye irritation, dry eyes
- vision problemsblurry vision, visual impairment, vision loss, sight loss, myopia
- vision conditionsblurred vision, double vision, night vision, peripheral vision, tunnel vision
total blindnessperfect vision
Optimal visual acuity
20/20 vision · normal vision · sightedness · clear sight · visual acuity
total blindnesskeen eyesight
Exceptionally sharp visual perception
sightedness · eagle eyes · seeing · visual acuity · enhanced vision
total, totals, totaled, totaling, totally, totality, blind, blinds, blinded