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hooksian

hooksian adjective: of or relating to bell hooks (born Gloria Jean Watkins in 1952), American feminist author and social activist.

Adjective

hooksian (comparative more hooksian, superlative most hooksian)

  1. Of or relating to bell hooks (born Gloria Jean Watkins in 1952), American feminist author and social activist.
    • The book is unquestionably fashionable: the hot pink cover, littered with bell hooksian typography, opens to reveal overdesigned pages full of the trendiest graphics […]1999, New Art Examiner, volume 26, numbers 5-10, page 67
    • Ultimately, the play centers on signs, language, and back talk in a bell hooksian guise: how black women gain control over their environment by calling out and redressing the governing social constructs […]2005, Carol Allen, Peculiar Passages: Black Women Playwrights, 1875 to 2000, page 110

Forms of hooksian

comparativemore hooksian
superlativemost hooksian

Origin of hooksian

From hooks + -ian.

Questions about hooksian

What does hooksian mean?
Hooksian means of or relating to bell hooks (born Gloria Jean Watkins in 1952), American feminist author and social activist.
What part of speech is hooksian?
Hooksian is an adjective.

Words near hooksian in the dictionary

  1. hooksetting
  2. hookshop
  3. hookshops
  4. hookshot
  5. hookshots
  6. hooksian
  7. hookswinging
  8. hookswitch
  9. hookswitches
  10. hooktail
  11. hooktails

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