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Karenism

Karenism noun: a quality, expression or mannerism of being a Karen (“a middle-aged white woman exhibiting a sense of entitlement or white privilege”).

Noun

Karenism (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, neologism) A quality, expression or mannerism of being a Karen (“a middle-aged white woman exhibiting a sense of entitlement or white privilege”).

Origin of Karenism

From Karen + -ism.

Questions about Karenism

What does Karenism mean?
Karenism means a quality, expression or mannerism of being a Karen (“a middle-aged white woman exhibiting a sense of entitlement or white privilege”).
What part of speech is Karenism?
Karenism is a noun.

Words near Karenism in the dictionary

  1. Karene
  2. karengo
  3. Karenhood
  4. Karenic
  5. Karenicity
  6. Karenism
  7. Karenlike
  8. Karenni
  9. Karenocity
  10. karens
  11. karenwebberite

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