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Afristocracy

Afristocracy noun: wealthy and/or elite black people collectively.

Noun

Afristocracy (plural Afristocracies)

  1. (informal) Wealthy and/or elite black people collectively.
    • The Afristocracy — the new Jews — are out in force at the Pyramid this evening. Directly across from Harrell's corner booth is a long table dominated by Wesley Snipes. He is surrounded by five beautiful women, and Jasmine Guy (A Different World) is whispering in his ear. Martin Lawrence has a table...1993 September, Lynn Hirschberg, “Living Large”, in Vanity Fair, volume 56, number 9, page 191
    • At 36 Luhabe epitomises the new Afristocracy. She grew up in one of the troubled townships to the east of the city at a time when white rule seemed destined to last for ever. The only way a girl like her might have come to live in an expensive white suburb would have been as a maid.1994 March 27, Richard Ellis, “Afristocracy”, in The Sunday Times Magazine, page 29

Examples of Afristocracy in a sentence

  • The Afristocracy — the new Jews — are out in force at the Pyramid this evening.1993 September, Lynn Hirschberg, “Living Large”, in Vanity Fair, volume 56, number 9, page 191:
  • Michael Eric Dyson distinguishes two classes of Black Americans today: the Afristocracy versus the Ghettocracy.2010 August 21, Daniel White Hodge, The Soul of Hip Hop: Rims, Timbs and a Cultural Theology, InterVarsity Press, →ISBN, page 58:

Forms of Afristocracy

pluralAfristocracies

Origin of Afristocracy

Blend of African + aristocracy.

Questions about Afristocracy

What does Afristocracy mean?
Afristocracy means wealthy and/or elite black people collectively.
How do you use Afristocracy in a sentence?
The Afristocracy — the new Jews — are out in force at the Pyramid this evening.
What part of speech is Afristocracy?
Afristocracy is a noun.
What is the plural of Afristocracy?
The plural of Afristocracy is Afristocracies.

Words near Afristocracy in the dictionary

  1. Afrimerican
  2. Afrindian
  3. AFRINIC
  4. Afriphobia
  5. Afriphobic
  6. Afristocracy
  7. Afristocrat
  8. afrit
  9. afrite
  10. afrites
  11. afrits

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