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own voices

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables
own voic-es
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A literary movement centering books (particularly children's and young-adult fiction) about marginalized people written by authors of the same group.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Coined by Dutch author Corinne Duyvis on Twitter in 2015 as a hashtag for recommending children's books with "diverse characters written by authors from that same diverse group."

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What does own voices mean?
A literary movement centering books (particularly children's and young-adult fiction) about marginalized people written by authors of the same group.
Where does own voices come from?
Coined by Dutch author Corinne Duyvis on Twitter in 2015 as a hashtag for recommending children's books with "diverse characters written by authors from that same diverse group."

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