monochromatism

Questions about monochromatism

What does monochromatism mean?

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

How many syllables are in monochromatism?

monochromatism has 5 syllables: mo-noch-ro-ma-tism. The stress falls on "ro".

What is another word for monochromatism?

Close synonyms include monochromacy, monochromatic vision, monochromia, monochromasy. 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 monochromatism a common word?

monochromatism 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.