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texturism

texturism noun: prejudice based on the texture of a person's hair, typically when it is Afro-textured.

Noun

texturism (uncountable)

  1. Prejudice based on the texture of a person's hair, typically when it is Afro-textured.
    • Unintentionally, I had supported texturism as a girl, choosing to never wear my hair curly until my last year of high school, […]2020, G. L. Tomas, The Love Bet

Origin of texturism

From texture + -ism.

Questions about texturism

What does texturism mean?
Texturism means prejudice based on the texture of a person's hair, typically when it is Afro-textured.
What part of speech is texturism?
Texturism is a noun.

Words near texturism in the dictionary

  1. texturisations
  2. texturise
  3. texturised
  4. texturises
  5. texturising
  6. texturism
  7. texturist
  8. texturists
  9. texturizable
  10. texturization
  11. texturizations

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