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black gangster

black gangster noun: a propaganda term used by Mao Zedong against opponents.

Noun

black gangster (plural black gangsters)

  1. (derogatory, historical) A propaganda term used by Mao Zedong against opponents.
    • […] and branded more than one-third of the people in the Agriculture Ministry as "rightists" or "black gangsters."1968, Survey of China Mainland Press: Supplement, page 14
    • It was not always clear who was a counterrevolutionary or a black gangster for that matter. Former landlords, capitalists, and rich peasants were more readily spotted, but even here there was some difficulty […]1970, Jan S. Prybyla, The Political Economy of Communist China, page 539
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, gangster. (i.e. one with black skin)

Forms of black gangster

pluralblack gangsters

Origin of black gangster

Borrowed from Chinese 黑幫 /黑帮 (hēibāng, “gangsters, gang”). The first character, 黑, translates as "black" on its own.

Questions about black gangster

What does black gangster mean?
Black gangster means a propaganda term used by Mao Zedong against opponents.
What part of speech is black gangster?
Black gangster is a noun.
What is the plural of black gangster?
The plural of black gangster is black gangsters.

Words near black gangster in the dictionary

  1. black frosts
  2. black fungus
  3. black game
  4. black gang
  5. black gangs
  6. black gangster
  7. black gangsters
  8. black garden ant
  9. black garden ants
  10. black garlic
  11. black garlics

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