hyphenated
- adjective
- /ˈhaɪfəˌneɪtɪd/
- The teacher explained that names like 'Mary-Jane' are examples of hyphenated words.
- hyphenated names
That's to say what we need to be talking about are hyphenated identities.
- That's to say what we need to be talking about are hyphenated identities.
- Where people, you know, people's backgrounds are more fluid or, or people pride themselves on both being American and a hyphenated version of that.
- Anywho, Slutsky is over at and by the way, it's hyphenated, so she could have just gone with Johanna King.
- No, SC is hyphenated, self-contained and last word apparatus self-contained under beach apparatus under is half correct.
Examples
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For instance, Lisa Suhair Majaj's "The Hyphenated Author" (1999) holds that Arab-American writers write out of their Arab identity, out of their American identity, and out of the identity produced when these two cultures come together.
Academic text (2018) -
That's to say what we need to be talking about are hyphenated identities.
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Arguments about Indian culture pivot around hyphenated religion and nation.
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African Americans (and other hyphenated American groups) are often placed in positions where they are 'technically' citizens, but Americans for whom their race is their single most important defining feature.
Blog text (9) -
She decided to use a hyphenated last name after getting married, combining both her and her husband's surnames.
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In the document, the hyphenated term 'mother-in-law' was used to indicate the relationship clearly.
How Joined
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hyphenated comes from the word hyphen, from the Greek hyphén, which means 'together' or 'joined'. So when names or words are hyphenated, they are literally 'joined' by a small line that holds the two parts together.