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raptivists

raptivists is the plural of raptivist.

Meaning of raptivist

Noun

raptivist (plural raptivists)

  1. (slang) 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...

Questions about raptivists

What is raptivists the plural of?
Raptivists is the plural of raptivist.

Words near raptivists in the dictionary

  1. Rapti
  2. rapting
  3. Raptis
  4. Raptises
  5. raptivist
  6. raptivists
  7. raptly
  8. raptness
  9. raptnesses
  10. raptophile
  11. raptophiles

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