African-American
10
3.2
- adjective
- /ˌæfrɪkən əˈmɛrɪkən/
- US
:
afroamericano
- The most elusive factor involves African-American women's own attitudes, expectations, and motivations regarding medical care.
- African-American culture
- African-American family
- African-American community
She's also a scholar of African American literature and is a professor at Rutgers University.
- She's also a scholar of African American literature and is a professor at Rutgers University.
Examples
-
Owen Walker is a 6-year-old African-American boy who lives in the small town of Quinlan, Mississippi.
Fiction book (2000) -
There were many places where they could place their bets all around the South Side of Chicago, which is where it began, in what became a thriving African-American community known as Bronzeville.
-
This new set of questions is what does it mean right now to be African American in America?
-
I do think it would be better to have some African-American writers, but for whatever reason, they are not here.
Fiction book (2000) -
Celebrating the diversity of the African-American experience.
-
African-American unemployment stands at the lowest rate ever recorded.
-
I think it's the strongest African-American novel I've read in a long time.
-
She's also a scholar of African American literature and is a professor at Rutgers University.
-
Overall, studies have shown that spirituality has a significant role in helping African-American college students cope with stress at the collegiate level.
Academic text (2008) -
The African-American community has a rich cultural heritage that includes music, literature, and art.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Relating to people with dark skin, often of African origin
Relating to Americans whose ancestors came from Africa
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word African-American comes from African, meaning 'from Africa', and American, meaning 'from America', so as an adjective it describes people, culture, or things that connect African roots with American life.