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shadeism

shadeism is the alternative form of shadism.

Meaning of shadism

Noun

shadism (uncountable)

  1. Prejudice on the basis of skin pigmentation.
    • Shadism (Staples 2008), a legacy of slavery, is a form of skin tone bias that identifies groups and individuals on the basis of their degree of pigmentation. It is an evaluation of people that minutely registers traits such as skin color, hair, and […]2012, Ronald E. Hall, The Melanin Millennium: Skin Color as 21st Century International Discourse, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 158

Origin of shadeism

From shade + -ism.

Questions about shadeism

What is shadeism the alternative form of?
Shadeism is the alternative form of shadism.

Words near shadeism in the dictionary

  1. shadeflies
  2. shadefly
  3. shadeful
  4. shadehouse
  5. shadehouses
  6. shadeism
  7. shadeless
  8. shadelessly
  9. shadelessness
  10. shadelike
  11. shaden

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