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whitelike

whitelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of white people.

Adjective

whitelike (comparative more whitelike, superlative most whitelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of white people.
    • If this is happening, this group should also be in the process of developing whitelike racial attitudes befitting of their new social position and differentiating (distancing) themselves from the collective black.2009, Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Shades of difference: why skin color matters, page 53

Forms of whitelike

comparativemore whitelike
superlativemost whitelike

Origin of whitelike

From white + -like.

Questions about whitelike

What does whitelike mean?
Whitelike means resembling or characteristic of white people.
What part of speech is whitelike?
Whitelike is an adjective.

Words near whitelike in the dictionary

  1. whiteless
  2. whitelessness
  3. whiteletter
  4. Whiteley
  5. Whiteleys
  6. whitelike
  7. whitelime
  8. whitelimed
  9. whitelimes
  10. whiteliming
  11. whitelip

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