blondness
1
5.7
A belief that people with light hair are naive or shallow
- noun
- /ˈblɑndnəs/
- Offensive
:
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- His blondness is so striking that people often associate him with the stereotypical traits of carefree attitudes.
Examples
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She often jokes about her blondness, saying that it makes people think she is less serious.
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You can almost see him vibrating up there, trying to get a grip on whatever is beneath all that blondness.
Fiction book (1999) -
People sometimes underestimate her intelligence because of her blondness, which they wrongly equate with superficiality.
How Naive
airheaded
1
7.9
- Offensive
1
7.9
gullibility
5
7.7
5
7.7
blondness
1
5.7
- Offensive
1
5.7
naivety
6
6.1
6
6.1
experience
∞
1.5
∞
1.5
worldliness
1
6.4
1
6.4
Surface Forms
blondness singular
blondnesses plural
Morphology
Etymology
Blondness also took on a social meaning from stories and jokes about people with blonde hair. A helpful way to remember this is that blond means 'golden' hair, and blondness can mean the set of traits people unfairly 'assume' about blond people, such as being 'naive' or 'shallow'.