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hyperwhite

hyperwhite adjective: very much white or Caucasian; following the stereotypes of the white race to the exclusion of others.

Adjective

hyperwhite (comparative more hyperwhite, superlative most hyperwhite)

  1. Very much white or Caucasian; following the stereotypes of the white race to the exclusion of others.
    • To compensate for being so hyperwhite and boring, Petula is sexually active.2008, Ozmioz Mak, Victory Sex, page 14
    • This [a depiction of people with brown skin] is the one such representation in Parker and Sendak's illustrated (and critically abridged) edition, which otherwise presents the characters as almost surreally hyperwhite.2009, Robert S. Levine, Dislocating Race and Nation

Forms of hyperwhite

comparativemore hyperwhite
superlativemost hyperwhite

Origin of hyperwhite

From hyper- + white.

Questions about hyperwhite

What does hyperwhite mean?
Hyperwhite means very much white or Caucasian; following the stereotypes of the white race to the exclusion of others.
What part of speech is hyperwhite?
Hyperwhite is an adjective.

Words near hyperwhite in the dictionary

  1. Hyperwebster
  2. hyperwet
  3. hyperwets
  4. hyperwetted
  5. hyperwetting
  6. hyperwhite
  7. hyperwoke
  8. hyperworld
  9. hyperworlds
  10. hyperwrapping
  11. hyperwrappings

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