pallidness

noun

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1
as in whiteness

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2
as in dulness

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  1. whiteness
  2. pallor
  3. tedium
Noun
  • The book delves into her own life, her family’s history, and the broader histories of both Korea and of whiteness.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The original painting is an orange-y color, adding an additional meditation on the specific nature of inclusion and exclusion of art historical canonization from his perspective as a Southern Black man and the problem of whiteness and its history.
    Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
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  • The typical modern player is a lone, distant figure, emerging to issue platitudes about remaining in the moment, taking it one game at a time, the language itself sanded down to an anodyne pallor.
    Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
  • The Bride of Frankenstein would be nothing without her towering updo, just as skeletons don’t have the same creepy effect without bone-white pallor and toothy grin.
    Karina Hoshikawa, refinery29.com, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of pallor
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  • According to behavioral science experts, many people who seek out extreme conditions may be motivated by desires to challenge the limits of their physical and psychological abilities, escape personal problems or everyday tedium, or simply for the thrill.
    Yahya Salem, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Mother’s gradual transformation should give the movie a sense of movement, but because it’s held at a remove, tedium sets in.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2024
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