monochromasy

Questions about monochromasy

What does monochromasy mean?

monochromasy means "complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness".

How many syllables are in monochromasy?

monochromasy has 5 syllables and divides as mo-noch-ro-ma-sy under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for monochromasy?

Close synonyms include monochromacy, monochromatism, monochromatic vision, monochromia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is monochromasy a common word?

monochromasy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.