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non-white

non-white is the alternative form of nonwhite.

Meaning of nonwhite

Adjective

nonwhite (not comparable)

  1. Not white in color.
  2. Not belonging to the white race.
    • By 2016, however, a divide that started appearing in the preceding few years came into full relief—that year, 29% of nonwhite liberals (28% of nonwhite Democrats) and 38% of Black liberals (34% of Black Democrats), disagreed that “Blacks should work their way up without special favors.”2022 May 2, Zachary Goldberg, “Explaining Shifts in White Racial Liberalism: The Role of Collective Moral Emotions and Media Effects”, in Georgia State University, archived from the original on 25...

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Adjective capitalized: non-White

non-White (not comparable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of nonwhite.

Noun capitalized: non-White

non-White (plural non-Whites)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of nonwhite.

Forms of non-white

pluralnon-whites
pluralnon-Whites

Origin of non-white

From non- + white.

Questions about non-white

What is non-white the alternative form of?
Non-white is the alternative form of nonwhite.
What part of speech is non-white?
Non-white can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near non-white in the dictionary

  1. non-WASPs
  2. non-WASPy
  3. non-weight-bearing
  4. non-weightbearing
  5. non-Western
  6. non-white
  7. non-whites
  8. non-wired
  9. non-withdrawable
  10. non-Witness
  11. non-Witnesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: non-white (page history and authors); non-White (page history and authors); nonwhite (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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