raptivist
/ˈɹæp.tɪ.vɪst/
raptivist noun: a rapper who is involved in political and/or social activism.
Noun
raptivist (plural raptivists)
- A rapper who is involved in political and/or social activism.
- The participants (rhetors) included ”raptivist" Sister Souljah, as well as some older, more traditional male leaders from the African-American community and one white, female sociologist.1995, Peter J. Caulfield, “Teaching Rhetoric as a Way of Knowing”, in Karen Fitts, Alan W. France, editors, Left Margins: Cultural Studies and Composition Pedagogy, State University of New York...
- Born in a Peruvian military hospital and raised in Harlem, Immortal Tech is a fatigues-rocking raptivist who humanizes his left-wing-nut conspiracy spiels by filtering them through a past that includes time served at a Pennsylvania jail.2004 March, Jon Dolan, “More New Music to Hear Now”, in Spin, page 35
Forms of raptivist
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Origin of raptivist
Blend of rapper + activist.
Questions about raptivist
- What does raptivist mean?
- Raptivist means a rapper who is involved in political and/or social activism.
- What part of speech is raptivist?
- Raptivist is a noun.
- How do you pronounce raptivist?
- Raptivist is pronounced /ˈɹæp.tɪ.vɪst/.
- What is the plural of raptivist?
- The plural of raptivist is raptivists.
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