1. plural of purblindness; the state or quality of being purblind; partial blindness or lack of clear vision
Usage: formal; often used figuratively to describe intellectual or moral blindness
2. instances or examples of failing to see or understand something clearly; acts of willful ignorance or oversight
Usage: figurative; often used in literary or critical contexts

Examples

• The purblindnesses of the committee prevented them from seeing the obvious flaws in the proposal.
• His purblindnesses regarding social injustice were evident in his dismissive comments.
• The critic pointed out the purblindnesses in the author's analysis of historical events.
• Such purblindnesses to the suffering of others reflect a lack of empathy.
• The organization's purblindnesses to market trends led to its eventual decline.
• Her purblindnesses about her own biases made her an unreliable narrator.