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plantation mentality

plantation mentality noun: a mentality according to which an organization or society is divided into a ruling elite and a class of workers treated as inferior, especially along racial lines.

Noun

plantation mentality (plural plantation mentalities)

  1. A mentality according to which an organization or society is divided into a ruling elite and a class of workers treated as inferior, especially along racial lines.

Forms of plantation mentality

pluralplantation mentalities

Origin of plantation mentality

Referring to US plantations historically tended by teams of slaves.

Questions about plantation mentality

What does plantation mentality mean?
Plantation mentality means a mentality according to which an organization or society is divided into a ruling elite and a class of workers treated as inferior, especially along racial lines.
What part of speech is plantation mentality?
Plantation mentality is a noun.
What is the plural of plantation mentality?
The plural of plantation mentality is plantation mentalities.

Words near plantation mentality in the dictionary

  1. plantation acre
  2. plantation acres
  3. plantation door
  4. plantation doors
  5. plantation mentalities
  6. plantation mentality
  7. plantation nigger
  8. plantation niggers
  9. plantationer
  10. plantationers
  11. plantationlike

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