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protoracist

protoracist is the alternative form of proto-racist.

Meaning of proto-racist

Adjective

proto-racist (comparative more proto-racist, superlative most proto-racist)

  1. Characteristic of proto-racism.
    • Racist doctrines were not fully utilized to justify slavery in the Americas until the nineteenth century (though proto-racist ideas were so employed in the previous two centuries), in part because slavery was not thought to require a moral justification, and in part because the concept of "race"...2002, Lawrence Blum, "I'm Not a Racist, But . . .": The Moral Quandary of Race, →ISBN, page 5

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Forms of protoracist

Adjective
comparativemore protoracist
superlativemost protoracist
Noun
pluralprotoracists

Questions about protoracist

What is protoracist the alternative form of?
Protoracist is the alternative form of proto-racist.

Words near protoracist in the dictionary

  1. protoptile
  2. protoptiles
  3. protopunk
  4. protoracism
  5. protoracisms
  6. protoracist
  7. protoracists
  8. protorap
  9. protoraps
  10. protoreasteroside
  11. protoreceptor

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