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whitify

whitify verb: to convert (a country, a group, etc) to the white race or culture.

Verb

whitify (third-person singular simple present whitifies, present participle whitifying, simple past and past participle whitified)

  1. (transitive) To convert (a country, a group, etc) to the white race or culture.
    • If I need to whitify myself to fit in, then I'm not hanging out with the right people. That's not to say that being bicultural is any easier than being bipolar, especially when the cultures are polar opposites of each other.2012, Justina Chen, Nothing but the Truth (and a few white lies)
    Synonyms:
    whitenize

Synonyms of whitify

Forms of whitify

third-person singular presentwhitifies
present participlewhitifying
past participlewhitified
pastwhitified

Origin of whitify

From white + -ify.

Questions about whitify

What does whitify mean?
Whitify means to convert (a country, a group, etc) to the white race or culture.
What part of speech is whitify?
Whitify is a verb.
What is the past tense of whitify?
The past tense of whitify is whitified.

Words near whitify in the dictionary

  1. whitier
  2. whities
  3. whitiest
  4. whitified
  5. whitifies
  6. whitify
  7. whitifying
  8. whitina
  9. whitinas
  10. whiting
  11. whiting event

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