high-cheekboner
high-cheekboner noun: synonym of box checker (“someone who is counted in an organization as representing a minority ethnic group but who is so assimilated into the dominant culture that their ethnic status becomes meaningless”).
Noun
high-cheekboner (plural high-cheekboners)
- Synonym of box checker (“someone who is counted in an organization as representing a minority ethnic group but who is so assimilated into the dominant culture that their ethnic status becomes meaningless”).
- And according to NBC Universal, only 0.4 percent of its workforce identifies as Native—self-identified “Indians”—meaning anyone on staff can claim to be Native American by checking the box, including people known in Indian Country as “box-checkers” or “high-cheekboners.”[2024 September 25, Simon Moya-Smith, “A Native Movement Hopes to Get Out the Vote. But Some Native Americans Say, “No Thanks!””, in The Nation, retrieved 26 Sep 2025
- Synonyms:
- box checker
Synonyms of high-cheekboner
Forms of high-cheekboner
| plural | high-cheekboners |
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Origin of high-cheekboner
From high + cheekbone + -er.
Questions about high-cheekboner
- What does high-cheekboner mean?
- High-cheekboner means synonym of box checker (“someone who is counted in an organization as representing a minority ethnic group but who is so assimilated into the dominant culture that their ethnic status becomes meaningless”).
- What part of speech is high-cheekboner?
- High-cheekboner is a noun.
- What is the plural of high-cheekboner?
- The plural of high-cheekboner is high-cheekboners.
Words near high-cheekboner in the dictionary
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