Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

afropolitan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: afropoli-tan
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A multicultural, cosmopolitan African person.

Example Sentences

"Rather, abjection is revealing of the processes of exclusion that are central in the making of non-abject – in this case, white European or privileged Afropolitan – subjectivities."

Etymology

From Afro- + (cosmo)politan.

Inflected Forms

Afropolitans (plural)

Derived Forms

Afropolitanism

Synonyms

Afrocosmopolitan

Questions

What does afropolitan mean?: A multicultural, cosmopolitan African person.
Where does afropolitan come from?: From Afro- + (cosmo)politan.

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