Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonwhiteness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: non-white-ness
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The property of not being racially white.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He puzzles that no one nowadays makes use of the elaborate terminology for degrees of nonwhiteness: quadroons and octoroons, mestizos and zambos and the rest."

Etymology

From non- + whiteness.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does nonwhiteness mean?: The property of not being racially white.
Where does nonwhiteness come from?: From non- + whiteness.

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