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ethnophaulism

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided.
  2. The use of such slurs.

Equivalents

2 more languages
Русскийэтнофолизм

Examples

“It is unlikely that over the course of history white trash has inflicted as much suffering and anguish as niggerfew ethnophaulisms in the American lexicon have. Yet the term white trash has performed much of the same symbolic violence.”
“[in title]”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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