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Blackademic

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *blakaz Proto-West Germanic *blak Old English blæc Middle English blak English black Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -εια (-eia) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia) ▲ Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós)der. Medieval Latin acadēmicusder. ▲ Latin acadēmicusbor. French académiqueder. English academic blend English blackademic Blend of black + academic.

  1. derived from ἀκαδημικός
  2. derived from academia
  3. derived from académique
  4. derived from acadēmicus
  5. compounded as blackademic — “Black + academic”

Definitions

  1. A black academic.

    • In the next section I will discuss my experiences being a Blackademic at a historically white institution in the Sociology department.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Blackademic.

    • Nick wasn’t what he’d had in mind for Billie. He’d planned on a blackademic just like himself. Herbert was the son of teachers who had instilled their deep love of education into him.
    • My uncle, Kevin Gaines, first demonstrated what being a blackademic meant. He wrote aspirational scholarship, introduced me to his colleagues, read and graciously critiqued my work, and answered all my questions about the professoriate.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA