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  2. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    Blind: Especially when used metaphorically (e.g., "blind to criticism") or preceded by "the", although "the blind" is considered acceptable by many blind people and organizations such as the National Federation of the Blind. [6] [16] [17] [18] Bonkers [15] Brain damaged [19]

  3. Anton syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Anton syndrome, also known as Anton-Babinski syndrome and visual anosognosia, is a rare symptom of brain damage occurring in the occipital lobe.Those who have it are cortically blind, but affirm, often quite adamantly and in the face of clear evidence of their blindness, that they are capable of seeing.

  4. Paonias excaecatus - Wikipedia

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    Synonyms; Sphinx excaecata J.E. Smith, 1797 ... 1929 Calasymbolus excaecata pecosensis Cockerell, 1905 Paonias excaecata, the blinded sphinx, ...

  5. Blinded - Wikipedia

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    Blinded may refer to: Blinded, a French romantic thriller by Daniel Calparsoro; Blinded, a British film by Eleanor Yule; Blinded, a Grenadian film by Anderson Quarless; Blinded (TV series, a Swedish television drama series "Blinded" (song), a song by Third Eye Blind; The Blinded, a Swedish melodic death metal band

  6. Hubris - Wikipedia

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    Illustration for John Milton's Paradise Lost by Gustave Doré (1866). The spiritual descent of Lucifer into Satan, one of the most famous examples of hubris.. Hubris (/ ˈ h juː b r ɪ s /; from Ancient Greek ὕβρις (húbris) 'pride, insolence, outrage'), or less frequently hybris (/ ˈ h aɪ b r ɪ s /), [1] describes a personality quality of extreme or excessive pride [2] or dangerous ...

  7. Blinded experiment - Wikipedia

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    In a blind or blinded experiment, information which may influence the participants of the experiment is withheld until after the experiment is complete. Good blinding can reduce or eliminate experimental biases that arise from a participants' expectations, observer's effect on the participants , observer bias , confirmation bias , and other ...

  8. Blinded by the light: Cars in the U.S. still lack glare ... - AOL

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    Blinded by the light: Cars in the U.S. still lack glare-reducing headlight technology Adiel Kaplan and Jean Lee and Joe Enoch and Vicky Nguyen May 11, 2023 at 7:41 AM

  9. Cultural depictions of blindness - Wikipedia

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    Characters blinded not by gods but by humans include Polyphemus, Phoenix, Plexippus and Pandion, Polymestor, and Metope. [6] Sometimes, blind people in Greek mythology are granted special abilities by way of compensation. Tiresias and Evenius received the gift of prophecy, and the poet Demodocus was granted a beautiful voice.