antiblack
antiblack adjective: hostile to black people, often specifically African Americans.
Adjective
antiblack (comparative more antiblack, superlative most antiblack)
- Hostile to black people, often specifically African Americans.
- [It] overlapped significantly with some aspects of antiblack ideologies in the United States, through forms of antiblack racism in Cuba that preceded the U.S. occupation. As de la Fuente notes, calls for de-Africanization […]2006, Michael Hanchard, Party/Politics: Horizons in Black Political Thought, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 203
- The unpublished study found that the answers revealed little evidence of antiblack bias[…]2009 January 15, Sarah Kershaw, “Talk About Race? Relax, It’s O.K.”, in New York Times
- Antonyms:
- pro-black
Antonyms of antiblack
Forms of antiblack
| comparative | more antiblack |
|---|---|
| superlative | most antiblack |
| alternative form | anti-black |
| alternative form | anti-Black |
Origin of antiblack
From anti- + black.
Words formed from antiblack
Questions about antiblack
- What does antiblack mean?
- Antiblack means hostile to black people, often specifically African Americans.
- What part of speech is antiblack?
- Antiblack is an adjective.
Words near antiblack in the dictionary
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