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mankurts

mankurts is the plural of mankurt.

Meaning of mankurt

Noun

mankurt (plural mankurts)

  1. (derogatory, uncommon) A person with a lost or degraded cultural and ethnic identity or awareness about his or her ancestry, especially due to being affected by a dominant culture.
    • A mankurt differs from a renegade in that a renegade primarily betrays their community, while a mankurt primarily betrays themself. The mankurt's lost identity is a de-centering problem, […]2023, Stephen W. Hiemstra, Image and Illumination: A Study of Christian Anthropology

Questions about mankurts

What is mankurts the plural of?
Mankurts is the plural of mankurt.

Words near mankurts in the dictionary

  1. Mankowski
  2. Mankowskis
  3. manks
  4. Manktelow
  5. mankurt
  6. mankurts
  7. manky
  8. manky mallard
  9. manky mallards
  10. Manlayag
  11. manless

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