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racebent

racebent is the simple past and past participle of racebend.

Meaning of racebend

Verb

racebend (third-person singular simple present racebends, present participle racebending, simple past and past participle racebent)

  1. (intransitive) To play the role of, or cast someone in the role of, a character of a different race or ethnicity.
    • Hollywood does not just innocently “racebend” a few characters for the sake of hiring the best actors.2014, Anna Lee, "Persons of color need representation in Hollywood", The Falconer (The Torrey Pines High School, San Diego, California), Volume 40, Issue 2, 26 September 2014, page A7

Questions about racebent

What is racebent the simple past and past participle of?
Racebent is the simple past and past participle of racebend.

Words near racebent in the dictionary

  1. raceabout
  2. raceabouts
  3. racebend
  4. racebending
  5. racebends
  6. racebent
  7. racebike
  8. racebikes
  9. raceblind
  10. raceblindness
  11. racebook

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Adapted from Wiktionary: racebent (page history and authors); racebend (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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