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Meaning of ethnophaulism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Deutsch Ethnophaulismus
Ελληνικά εθνοφαυλισμός
Español etnofaulismo
Français ethnophaulisme
Русский этнофолизм

Examples

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

CEFR level

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

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