ethnophaulism
ethnophaulism noun: an ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided.
Noun
ethnophaulism (countable and uncountable, plural ethnophaulisms)
- An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided.
- It is unlikely that over the course of history white trash has inflicted as much suffering and anguish as nigger—few ethnophaulisms in the American lexicon have. Yet the term white trash has performed much of the same symbolic violence.2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 145
- The use of such slurs.
- [in title]2004, Brian Mullen, “Sticks and stones can break my bones, but ethnophaulisms can alter the portrayal of immigrants to children”, in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, volume 30, number 2...
Forms of ethnophaulism
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Origin of ethnophaulism
Coined by American psychologist Abraham Aaron Roback in 1944 from ethno- + Ancient Greek φαύλισμα (phaúlisma, “disparagement, contempt”), which is from φαῦλος (phaûlos, “bad, unjust”).
Questions about ethnophaulism
- What does ethnophaulism mean?
- Ethnophaulism means an ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided.
- What part of speech is ethnophaulism?
- Ethnophaulism is a noun.
- What is the plural of ethnophaulism?
- The plural of ethnophaulism is ethnophaulisms.
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