Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ethnically challenged

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables: eth-ni-cal-ly chal-lenged
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a person, belonging to a marginalized ethnicity.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"[…] everybody knew, and agreed, that you didn't cut in line or urinate on sidewalks in public (a new cultural practice among the ethnically challenged) or just plain be rude and disagreeable."
"“And I want to thank you for pointing that out at long last instead of referring to me as a little ethnically challenged boy in drag.”"
"Young Muslims are essentially seen as 'ethnically challenged' and this is put at the core of their experience of disadvantaged positions. Prejudice and discrimination present authentically serious difficulties […]"

Etymology

An ironic imitation of the perceived oversensitivity of language like mentally challenged.

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

more ethnically challenged (comparative) most ethnically challenged (superlative)

Questions

What does ethnically challenged mean?: Of a person, belonging to a marginalized ethnicity.
Where does ethnically challenged come from?: An ironic imitation of the perceived oversensitivity of language like mentally challenged.

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