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DWEM

DWEM is the acronym of dead white European male.

Meaning of dead white European male

Noun

dead white European male (plural dead white European males)

  1. (derogatory, slang) Any of various white male historical figures in art and culture seen to represent racism, sexism, etc. ingrained into Western education, in particular its canon.
    Synonyms:
    DWEM

Forms of DWEM

pluralDWEMs

Questions about DWEM

What is DWEM the acronym of?
DWEM is the acronym of dead white European male.

Words near DWEM in the dictionary

  1. dwells upon
  2. Dwelly
  3. dwelt
  4. dwelt upon
  5. dwelves
  6. DWEM
  7. DWEMs
  8. dweomer
  9. dweomercraft
  10. dweomers
  11. dwerk

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Adapted from Wiktionary: DWEM (page history and authors); dead white European male (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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