Definition
The state or quality of being benighted; a condition of darkness, ignorance, or moral/intellectual confusion.
Etymology
Formed by adding -ness to benighted to create an abstract noun describing the condition. This appeared in 18th-19th century philosophical and literary writing.
Kelly Says
Benightedness was used to describe entire regions or peoples as being in a state of darkness and ignorance—a word that in its very form carries the colonial attitudes of the era when it was most common.
Translations
ARالعربية
ظلامة
zuh-la-mah
CACatalà
obscuritat
ob-skyoo-ri-tat
DEDeutsch
Verdunkelung
fer-dunk-el-ung
ELΕλληνικά
σκοτάδι
sko-ta-di
ESEspañol
oscuridad
os-koo-ri-dad
FRFrançais
obscurité
ob-skoo-ri-te
HIहिन्दी
अंधेरा
an-dhe-ra
HUMagyar
sötétség
so-te-sz-eg
IDBahasa Indonesia
gelap
ge-lap
ITItaliano
oscurità
os-koo-ri-ta
MSBahasa Melayu
gelap
ge-lap
NLNederlands
verduistering
ver-dooy-ster-ing
PLPolski
ciemność
chiem-no-sk
PTPortuguês
obscurecimento
oh-skoo-reh-si-men-toh
RORomână
întuneric
in-tu-ne-rik
RUРусский
темнота
tem-no-ta
SVSvenska
mörker
moer-ker
TEతెలుగు
దుర్మరణం
du-rma-ran-am
TRTürkçe
karanlıklık
kar-an-lik
UKУкраїнська
темрява
tem-ry-ava
VITiếng Việt
bóng tối
bong-to-i