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Afrofuturistic

Afrofuturistic adjective: of or relating to Afrofuturism.

Adjective

Afrofuturistic (comparative more Afrofuturistic, superlative most Afrofuturistic)

  1. Of or relating to Afrofuturism.
    • Dery and Sinker were not the first to explore the deplorable need of some to dehumanize others in the quest for power. Yet their framework led to Afrofuturistic writings that for the first time linked the transatlantic slave trade to a metaphor of alien abduction.2013, Ytasha L. Womack, Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture, →ISBN, page 32
    Synonyms:
    Afrofuturist

Synonyms of Afrofuturistic

Forms of Afrofuturistic

comparativemore Afrofuturistic
superlativemost Afrofuturistic

Origin of Afrofuturistic

From Afro- + futuristic.

Questions about Afrofuturistic

What does Afrofuturistic mean?
Afrofuturistic means of or relating to Afrofuturism.
What part of speech is Afrofuturistic?
Afrofuturistic is an adjective.

Words near Afrofuturistic in the dictionary

  1. afroed
  2. Afroeurasia
  3. Afrofeminist
  4. Afrofuturism
  5. afrofuturist
  6. Afrofuturistic
  7. afrofuturists
  8. afroinsectiphilian
  9. afroinsectiphilians
  10. afroinsectivoran
  11. afroinsectivorans

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