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anti-Tom

anti-Tom adjective: belonging to a class of 19th-century pro-slavery novels and writings in response to Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Adjective

anti-Tom (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Belonging to a class of 19th-century pro-slavery novels and writings in response to Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Origin of anti-Tom

From anti- + Tom.

Questions about anti-Tom

What does anti-Tom mean?
Anti-Tom means belonging to a class of 19th-century pro-slavery novels and writings in response to Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.
What part of speech is anti-Tom?
Anti-Tom is an adjective.

Words near anti-Tom in the dictionary

  1. Anti-Taurus
  2. anti-technology
  3. anti-tennis
  4. anti-Thanksgiving
  5. anti-thyroid
  6. anti-Tom
  7. anti-tongues
  8. anti-top quark
  9. anti-top quarks
  10. anti-tracking
  11. anti-trade

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