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antiwhite

antiwhite

9.6
A person who strongly dislikes or treats white people unfairly
  • noun
  • /ˌæntiˈwaɪt/
  • Slur
: antiblanco
  • He was labeled an antiwhite after making several derogatory remarks about white people.

Examples

  • The article accused certain activists of being antiwhite in their rhetoric.

  • Some online communities ban users for posting antiwhite comments or hate speech.

  • He is an antiwhite activist.

  • The group was labeled as antiwhite by the media.

  • The organization was condemned for promoting antiwhite sentiments in its publications.

  • Many argue that labeling someone as antiwhite can stifle important discussions about race.

  • After his speech, he was criticized for making antiwhite comments that alienated many listeners.

Synonyms

racist
vsantiwhite
  • Offensive
208 5.4

A person who dislikes or treats people of other races unfairly

targets hostility toward a single racial group rather than general superiority belief
bigot
vsantiwhite
  • Offensive
85 7.1

A person who unfairly dislikes people from other groups

targets hostility at a racial group rather than broad intolerance to various beliefs or groups
chauvinist
vsantiwhite
  • Offensive
13 7.9

A person who strongly believes their country, group or gender is better and is unfair to others

targets hostility at a racial group rather than aggressive superiority of one's own group
racialist
vsantiwhite
  • Offensive
4 9.3

A person who thinks one race is better than others

expresses direct hostility toward one racial group rather than abstract superiority belief
ethnicist
vsantiwhite
1 9.1

Treating people from one ethnic group better or worse than others

targets hostility at a racial group rather than at ethnic group differences

How Prejudiced

white supremacist
  • Offensive
53 8.8
antiwhite
  • Slur
9.6
bigot
  • Offensive
85 7.1

Surface Forms

antiwhite singular
antiwhites plural

Morphology

antiwhite = antiwhite (transparent) = anti + white

The noun is a zero-derived use of the transparently built adjective 'antiwhite'.

Etymology

Antiwhite combines anti- 'against' and white, and used as a noun it means 'a person who is hostile to white people'. So calling someone an antiwhite labels them as someone who dislikes or shows prejudice toward white people.