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ecthronym

ecthronym noun: a derogatory name used to describe an out-group; an ethnic slur.

Noun

ecthronym (plural ecthronyms)

  1. A derogatory name used to describe an out-group; an ethnic slur.
    • Within the group, we use ecthronyms for people who are financially or socially below us.1946, A. A. Brill, Lectures on Psychoanalytic Psychiatry, Alfred Knopf, page 150

Forms of ecthronym

pluralecthronyms

Questions about ecthronym

What does ecthronym mean?
Ecthronym means a derogatory name used to describe an out-group; an ethnic slur.
What part of speech is ecthronym?
Ecthronym is a noun.
What is the plural of ecthronym?
The plural of ecthronym is ecthronyms.

Words near ecthronym in the dictionary

  1. ecthlipses
  2. ecthlipsis
  3. ecthorea
  4. ecthoreum
  5. ECtHR
  6. ecthronym
  7. ecthronyms
  8. ecthyma
  9. ecthymas
  10. ecthymata
  11. ecthymatous

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