kendism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Sailer says there is no reason to believe students will not see "Kendism" embraced at UT Austin."
- "The guiding philosophy of the American left might be called Kendism, the belief that inequality of outcomes between groups can only be explained by racism (except in the various areas where whites do worse, which is just ignored)."
- ""If you don't have proportional representation among loan recipients, agencies will look for disparate impact and go after you," Frank said. "It's problematic to see Kendism"—a reference to "antiracist" activist Ibram X. Kendi, who argues that all racial disparities reflect racism—"be the official policy of the U.S. government.""
- "You might call this philosophy 'racial equity' or 'Kendism', and it is the only explanation left once you've made the others – genetic or cultural – impermissible."
Etymology
Etymology tree English Kendi Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Kendism From Kendi + -ism.
Usage
- American usage
- Derogatory
- Uncountable