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antiyellow

antiyellow adjective: opposing the Chinese.

Adjective

antiyellow (comparative more antiyellow, superlative most antiyellow)

  1. Opposing the Chinese.
    • My grandfather protested antiyellow laws designed to prevent him from owning his own farm, an act I would not have considered taking even thirty years ago, much less in the climate of the country sixty-five years ago.1993, Kathleen Aguero, Daily fare: essays from the multicultural experience, page 176
    • A lone champion of the Chinese American real, she fought the rampant stereotype and antiyellow racism that were encouraging the passage of exclusion laws.2005, Kent A. Ono, A companion to Asian American studies, page 143

Forms of antiyellow

comparativemore antiyellow
superlativemost antiyellow

Origin of antiyellow

From anti- + yellow.

Questions about antiyellow

What does antiyellow mean?
Antiyellow means opposing the Chinese.
What part of speech is antiyellow?
Antiyellow is an adjective.

Words near antiyellow in the dictionary

  1. antixenotic
  2. antixerophthalmic
  3. antixerotic
  4. antiyanquismo
  5. antiyeast
  6. antiyellow
  7. antiyellowing
  8. antiyuppie
  9. antizealot
  10. antizealots
  11. antizeist

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