Concept cluster: Social systems > Race and Racial Identity
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A couple consisting of an Asian male and a white female.
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(chiefly US, informal, euphemistic) A Caucasian racist, often one who is an Aryan in the first sense.
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(US, urban studies) The migration of African Americans from predominantly black or mixed inner-city areas to suburbs and newly constructed homes on the outer edges of cities.
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(US) Any one of a series of laws, passed before the American Civil War, sharply discriminating against free blacks who wished to emigrate to a northern state and become citizens there.
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The depiction of Spain and Spaniards (or, by extension, all Hispanics and their countries of origin) as bloodthirsty and cruel, greedy and fanatical.
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Taking place between black people.
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A political movement promoting black people.
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Characteristic of or pertaining to white people; Caucasian.
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(sexuality) Initialism of black man, white woman. [A male adult member of an ethnic group having dark pigmentation of the skin, typically of sub-Saharan African descent; or the appearance thereof.]
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(historical) Of a slave, recently brought to a colony from Africa.
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(Southern US) A person whose racial heritage is regarded as primarily white, but with a small degree of known or suspected non-white ancestry. A manifestation of the American “one-drop rule” of racial categorization.
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(Canada, US) Of a person: having a white complexion and European ancestry; white.
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(slang, especially African-American English) The state of being racially white; Caucasianness.
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(Canada, US, informal) A Latin-American boy; a Latino.
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(Canada, medicine) An incident where a person acts violently.
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(US, slang, derogatory) A white person.
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(American spelling, US, now dated and offensive) A colored (nonwhite) person.
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(derogatory) Any of various white male historical figures in art and culture seen to represent racism, sexism, etc. ingrained into Western education.
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Initialism of dead white European male. [(derogatory) Any of various white male historical figures in art and culture seen to represent racism, sexism, etc. ingrained into Western education.]
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(colloquial, derogatory) A person of mixed European ancestry.
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having fair (light or pale-coloured) skin
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(US slang) A white person.
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(colloquial) A black person in a predominantly white group of people.
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(India, Pakistan, British, Turkish) A white person.
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The gradual demographic and cultural replacement of the white French population, or (by extension) other white European populations, by non-European peoples who are deliberately assisted by elites, according to a nationalist conspiracy theory.
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(US) A light-skinned black person.
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(Canada, US, derogatory or offensive) The state, quality, or condition of being a white person.
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(Canada, US, derogatory or offensive) The realm or sphere of white people; whites collectively.
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(US, derogatory, ethnic slur) A white (Caucasian) person.
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Very much white or Caucasian; following the stereotypes of the white race to the exclusion of others.
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(UK, law enforcement) A person of white, north European ethnicity
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Among white people.
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(slang) A white person.
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(slang, derogatory, among the Ojibwe) White people or (more recently) any non-native people.
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(voodoo) The assistant to a houngan or mambo.
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(UK, Ireland, Australia, colloquial, derogatory) A Roman Catholic, especially one of Irish descent.
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A person with white or light skin; a person belonging to a light-skinned race
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white-skinned, Caucasian; pale
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(obsolete, rare) White and black; said of a white animal of a black species, or an albino of the Negro race.
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(slang, derogatory) White (as a racial epithet).
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(slang, sometimes derogatory) Of the Caucasian race; white.
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Alternative letter-case form of magic Negro [Synonym of magical Negro]
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(countable, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur, Internet slang) A white person.
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(US, obsolete, ethnic slur, used by black slaves) Synonym of poor white trash (“a white person of low social status”)
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(humorous) white; having white skin or belonging to the white culture; not black
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(derogatory) The disproportionate media coverage of a missing person or similar case involving a young, white, upper-middle-class woman, contrasted with lesser coverage of males, non-white ethnicities, etc.
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(US, ethnic slur, slang) White; white-skinned.
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(chiefly US) The notion that one drop of black blood (i.e., any African ancestry at all) makes a person black.
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(humorous, derogatory) A white American who has orange-colored skin, primarily in reference to Donald J. Trump.
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Alternative form of paleface [(derogatory, slang) A white person; a person of European descent.]
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(derogatory, slang) A white person; a person of European descent.
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(Singlish) superstitious
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(slang, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) white-skinned
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(US, obsolete, ethnic slur, used by black slaves) White person or people employed in a servile position, for example, as a butler.
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Alternative spelling of prowhite. [Supporting or favouring white people.]
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Supporting or favouring white people.
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(derogatory, offensive) An American Indian.
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(informal) The style of language stereotypically used by rednecks.
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(chiefly US) The notion that one drop of white blood (i.e. any white ancestry at all) makes a person white.
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(ethnic slur, offensive, slang) A Caucasian person, especially a woman.
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(historical, US, especially Western US, sometimes derogatory, now offensive) A white man who married a Native American woman, sometimes gaining tribal rights by doing so.
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Alternative form of squaw man [(historical, US, especially Western US, sometimes derogatory, now offensive) A white man who married a Native American woman, sometimes gaining tribal rights by doing so.]
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Alternative form of yellow peril (“alleged threat to Western nations by East Asians”) [(derogatory, racially offensive, sometimes capitalized) The alleged threat to Western nations by East Asians, especially Chinese or Japanese people, due to their vast population, non-Western cultures, or supposed antagonism to the West.]
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Alternative form of tootsoon [(US, ethnic slur) A black person.]
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(derogatory, ethnic slur) A Native American who is subservient to white authority.
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(slang, ethnic slur) A white person.
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white
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(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin.
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White American society and culture.
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(US, ethnic slur, uncommon) A white person, a person of European descent, a person who 'acts white'.
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(ethnic slur) A white person.
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(US, urban studies) The large-scale migration of white people from racially mixed urban regions to more racially homogeneous suburban or exurban regions.
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The individual or collective guilt felt by some white people for harm resulting from past or current racist treatment of ethnic minorities by other white people.
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Ellipsis of great white hope. [A highly skilled white/Caucasian challenger for leadership in a field whose top ranks are dominated by non-Caucasians; especially a field which was once dominated by white Caucasians, and is now dominated by those of black-African descent.]
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Alternative form of whitelash [A backlash by white people against other ethnicities.]
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white people collectively; white culture.
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(uncountable, sometimes derogatory, slang) A system of time ascribed to white people, to account for their supposed tendency to put a high value on being on time and rigorous about scheduling, usually when contrasted with Colored People's Time or a similar term.
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White supremacy.
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(white supremacy) A dog whistle for white supremacy.
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Having white privilege
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(politics, racism, social) A conspiracy theory based on white supremacist ideology that there is a plot to diminish the influence of white people through the immigration of visible minorities and demographics.
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(neologism) White people who make a formation around black people in order to protect them from racist violence.
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(often derogatory) Films of other nations that share a nonseriousness of tone and disconnection from reality with the Italian films.
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To wear whiteface.
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Alternative form of whitelash [A backlash by white people against other ethnicities.]
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(uncommon) Taking place between white people.
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(US, slang) Establishment; pertaining to mainstream US social power-structures.
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(Canada, US, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) A white person.
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(UK, US, slang, sometimes derogatory) A Caucasian male.
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(historical) The conduct or principles of the Whiteboys.
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(countable, slang) A person of European descent. (See usage notes.)
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(Australia) A white man or Caucasian person, especially as opposed to an Aboriginal Australian.
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(Australia) A white settler in Australia; a non-Aboriginal Australian; often used attributively.
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Alternative form of whitefeller [(Australia) A white settler in Australia; a non-Aboriginal Australian; often used attributively.]
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(informal) White people.
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(Australia) Alternative form of whitefella [(Australia) A white man or Caucasian person, especially as opposed to an Aboriginal Australian.]
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The condition of being (racially) white.
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(rare) Alternative form of whitist [(rare, nonstandard) One who is racist in favor of the white race; one who promotes the white race.]
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A backlash by white people against other ethnicities.
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Resembling or characteristic of white people.
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(India, informal) Humanity which excludes all people of color (and sometimes all women).
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(chiefly ethnic slur) A white person.
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(colloquial, derogatory, chiefly Internet) To explain (something) condescendingly to one who is not white, especially regarding race relations or minority behavior, presuming the listener's inferior understanding because of their race.
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(transitive, social sciences) To bias toward white people and their history.
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(sociology) The regarding of white people's norms as neutral and objective.
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(African-American Vernacular, derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) A white person, a person of Western European descent.
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Alternative form of whitey [(African-American Vernacular, derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) A white person, a person of Western European descent.]
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White supremacism; discrimination in favor of whites.
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(rare, nonstandard) One who is racist in favor of the white race; one who promotes the white race.
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(US, informal) An intensive background check carried out on employees who will have sensitive work in the Department of Defense or with the President and Vice President.
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(dated, Australia, offensive) Of mixed Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry.
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(now considered an ethnic slur and offensive) An Asian man or someone with Asian heritage
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(derogatory, racially offensive, sometimes capitalized) The alleged threat to Western nations by East Asians, especially Chinese or Japanese people, due to their vast population, non-Western cultures, or supposed antagonism to the West.
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A light-skinned Afro-Caribbean person
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(uncommon, slang, African-American Vernacular, derogatory) Alternative spelling of whitey

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