hyperwhite
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Very much white or Caucasian; following the stereotypes of the white race to the exclusion of others.
Example Sentences
- "To compensate for being so hyperwhite and boring, Petula is sexually active."
- "This [a depiction of people with brown skin] is the one such representation in Parker and Sendak's illustrated (and critically abridged) edition, which otherwise presents the characters as almost surreally hyperwhite."
- "But as one recent cultural critic points out, in creating a hyperwhite “safe” space, “nerds” rejected black hip-hop music and dress."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more hyperwhite (comparative)
most hyperwhite (superlative)