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antiwhite

adjective
an·​ti·​white | \ ËŒan-tÄ“-ˈhwÄ«t How to pronounce antiwhite (audio) , ËŒan-ËŒtÄ«-, -ˈwÄ«t\

Definition of antiwhite

: opposed to or hostile toward white people

Examples of antiwhite in a Sentence

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 The lone remaining anti-statue vote, who did not face re-election, was Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy, who recently had to leave his high-school teaching job over a history of bigoted, antiwhite tweets. — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, "The Extremist Show Is Just Starting," 18 Aug. 2017 This awkward concept of antiwhite discrimination now plays itself out in campus rebellions against white nationalist speakers at schools. — Lincoln Anthony Blades, Teen Vogue, "Colleges and Universities are Becoming Less White, and Republicans Like Them Less," 20 July 2017

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First Known Use of antiwhite

1867, in the meaning defined above

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