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whitephobia

whitephobia noun: hatred for white people.

Noun

whitephobia (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Hatred for white people.
    • […] (3) colonial authoritarianism and black apartheid, (4) whitephobia, white dependence and expatriate loyalist management, […]2007, Nnamdi Asika, Sciencism in Management Theory and Philosophy: Nigerian Experience, page 39
    • That is, when white men molest them, they do not develop "whitephobia."2010, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Racism Without Racists, page 148
    Synonyms:
    antiwhiteness

Synonyms of whitephobia

Origin of whitephobia

From white + -phobia.

Questions about whitephobia

What does whitephobia mean?
Whitephobia means hatred for white people.
What part of speech is whitephobia?
Whitephobia is a noun.

Words near whitephobia in the dictionary

  1. whitens
  2. whiteout
  3. whiteouts
  4. whitepaper
  5. whitepapers
  6. whitephobia
  7. whitepot
  8. whitepots
  9. whitepox
  10. whiteprint
  11. whiteprinting

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