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nonwhite

nonwhite adjective: not white in color.

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...

Noun

nonwhite (plural nonwhites)

  1. A person who is not white.
    • “It’s already clear that the 2020 electorate will be unique in several ways. Nonwhites will account for a third of eligible voters — their largest share ever — driven by long-term increases among certain groups, especially Hispanics,” according to a Pew Research report.2020 July 28, Thomas B. Edsall, “Trump Is Trying to Bend Reality to His Will”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2020
    • That said, and as I reiterate and elaborate on later below, there is nothing in this dissertation’s theory that precludes similar post-Floyd shifts in the racial attitudes of nonwhites. I leave it up to future research, though, to tackle this question.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...
    Synonyms:
    unwhite

Synonyms of nonwhite

Forms of nonwhite

Adjective
alternative formnon-white
alternative formnon-White
Noun
pluralnonwhites

Origin of nonwhite

From non- + white.

Questions about nonwhite

What does nonwhite mean?
Nonwhite means not white in color.
What part of speech is nonwhite?
Nonwhite can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonwhite in the dictionary

  1. nonwheelchair
  2. nonwheeled
  3. nonwhimsical
  4. nonwhipped
  5. nonwhiskey
  6. nonwhite
  7. nonwhiteness
  8. nonwhites
  9. nonwhole
  10. nonwholesale
  11. nonwidowed

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