hyperdescent
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The practice of classifying a child of mixed race ancestry into the more socially dominant of the parents' races.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In contrast, American Indians have generally been identified by hyperdescent, a principle that stipulates some minimum amount of ancestry as a necessary condition for qualification."