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ecthronyms

ecthronyms is the plural of ecthronym.

Meaning of ecthronym

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

Questions about ecthronyms

What is ecthronyms the plural of?
Ecthronyms is the plural of ecthronym.

Words near ecthronyms in the dictionary

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

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