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anti-white

anti-white is the alternative spelling of antiwhite.

Meaning of antiwhite

Adjective

antiwhite (comparative more antiwhite, superlative most antiwhite)

  1. Hostile to white people or white culture.
    • In particular, the discussion is concerned with beliefs by blacks about whites, antiwhite and anti-Semitic attitudes.1972, Center for Minority Group Mental Health Programs (U.S.), Bibliography on Racism - Volumes 1-2, page 17
    Antonyms:
    prowhite

Adjective capitalized: anti-White

anti-White (comparative more anti-White, superlative most anti-White)

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of antiwhite.
    • Anti-White racist ideas are usually a reflexive reaction to virulent White racism. Anti-White racisism is indeed the hate that hate produced, attractive to the victims of White racism. And yet racist power thrives on anti-White racist ideas—more hatred only makes their power greater.2019, Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist, Random House, →ISBN, page 146

Forms of anti-white

comparativemore anti-white
superlativemost anti-white
comparativemore anti-White
superlativemost anti-White

Questions about anti-white

What is anti-white the alternative spelling of?
Anti-white is the alternative spelling of antiwhite.
What part of speech is anti-white?
Anti-white is an adjective.

Words near anti-white in the dictionary

  1. anti-virus
  2. anti-viruses
  3. anti-war
  4. anti-westernism
  5. anti-whale
  6. anti-white
  7. anti-whiteness
  8. anti-witchcraft
  9. anti-Witness
  10. anti-Witnesses
  11. anti-woke

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