hypodescent

noun

Etymology

From hypo- + descent.

  1. derived from descendre
  2. derived from descente
  3. prefixed as hypodescent — “hypo + descent

Definitions

  1. The practice of classifying a child of mixed race ancestry into the less socially…

    The practice of classifying a child of mixed race ancestry into the less socially dominant of the parents' races.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hypodescent. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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