Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antiblack

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.27 in modern English

Syllables: an-tiblack
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Hostile to black people, often specifically African Americans.

Example Sentences

"[It] overlapped significantly with some aspects of antiblack ideologies in the United States, through forms of antiblack racism in Cuba that preceded the U.S. occupation. As de la Fuente notes, calls for de-Africanization […]"
"The unpublished study found that the answers revealed little evidence of antiblack bias[…]"

Etymology

From anti- + black.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: anti

Inflected Forms

more antiblack (comparative) most antiblack (superlative) anti-black (alternative)

Derived Forms

antiblackism antiblackness

Frequently Paired Words

black blackness antiwhite anti-brown

Synonyms

racist anti-semite

Antonyms

pro-black

Questions

What does antiblack mean?: Hostile to black people, often specifically African Americans.
Where does antiblack come from?: From anti- + black.

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