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non-black

non-black is the alternative form of nonblack.

Meaning of nonblack

Adjective

nonblack (not comparable)

  1. Not black in color.
    • Let us return to the hypothesis that generated the paradox: All nonblack things are nonravens.2001, Peter Achinstein, The book of evidence
  2. Not of African descent; not racially black.
    • […]electing an African-American in a country where African-Americans make up 13 percent of the population required a candidate who appealed to nonblack voters.2009 January 18, Robert S. Boynton, “Demographics and Destiny”, in The New York Times

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Adjective capitalized: non-Black

non-Black (not comparable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of nonblack.

Questions about non-black

What is non-black the alternative form of?
Non-black is the alternative form of nonblack.
What part of speech is non-black?
Non-black is an adjective.

Words near non-black in the dictionary

  1. non-birch
  2. non-bird
  3. non-birds
  4. non-biting midge
  5. non-biting midges
  6. non-black
  7. non-blacklisted
  8. non-bogie
  9. non-boldface
  10. non-boldfaced
  11. non-bonus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: non-black (page history and authors); non-Black (page history and authors); nonblack (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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