hypodescent
nounEtymology
From hypo- + descent.
Definitions
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
- antonymhyperdescent
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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