Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blackstream

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
black-stream
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Conforming to the mainstream, with the exception of depicting people with black skin; not being a distinctively black style of art.

Etymology

Blend of black + mainstream, coined by Elsa Honig Fine in her paper Mainstream, Blackstream and the Black Art Movement (1971).

Frequently Paired Words

whitestream

Questions

What does blackstream mean?
Conforming to the mainstream, with the exception of depicting people with black skin; not being a distinctively black style of art.
Where does blackstream come from?
Blend of black + mainstream, coined by Elsa Honig Fine in her paper Mainstream, Blackstream and the Black Art Movement (1971).

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