Meaning of Tuskegee | Babel Free
tʌsˈkiːɡiːDefinitions
- A Creek settlement that the modern city of Tuskegee, Alabama is located on.
- An unethical experiment on humans.
- A city, the county seat of Macon County, in southwestern Alabama, United States.
- One of the Tuskegee Airmen.
- A former town of the Overhill Cherokee people, located along the Little Tennessee River in what is now Monroe County, Tennessee, United States.
- The notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment, a landmark event in medical research ethics and law.
- Tuskegee National Forest.
- Tuskegee University.
Equivalents
العربية
توسكيجي
Examples
“Responding with some heat to Angell's criticisms—they described comparisons to Tuskegee as "inflammatory and wrong"—the writers explained that cultural differences were at the heart of the problem.”
“You couldn't have a Tuskegee with a community consultation requirement, or even with public notification, because people would say, 'No, this stinks.'”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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