Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

black lives matter

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables: black- lives -mat-ter
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

A rallying call and statement of protest, concerning police brutality and racially motivated violence against black people.

phrase

Alternative form of black lives matter.

Example Sentences

"The ADL’s work covers the usual left-wing causes célèbres: fighting voting integrity measures, pushing for open-borders policies and amnesty for illegal aliens, and vigorously defending the Black Lives Matter riots, to name a few."

Etymology

Originally used in the form of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media (2013), protesting against the deaths of African Americans at the hands of the police.

Phrases

white lives matter all lives matter police lives matter blue lives matter red lives matter Black liberation Black studies Black Power

Frequently Paired Words

WLM white lives matter ALM all lives matter PLM police lives matter blue lives matter red lives matter

Synonyms

BLM

Questions

What does black lives matter mean?: A rallying call and statement of protest, concerning police brutality and racially motivated violence against black people.
Where does black lives matter come from?: Originally used in the form of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media (2013), protesting against the deaths of African Americans at the hands of the police.

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