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postslavery

adj

Etymology

From post- + slavery.

  1. derived from σκῡλεύω
  2. derived from Σκλάβος
  3. derived from Sclavus — “Slav”
  4. derived from sclavus — “slave”
  5. derived from sclave
  6. inherited from sclave
  7. suffixed as slavery — “slave + ery”
  8. prefixed as postslavery — “post + slavery”

Definitions

  1. Since the end of a period of slavery.

    • Perhaps it's no coincidence that, just as there's a rap gap, the gap between the black middle class and the one-third of the black community classified as poor is larger now than ever before in African-Americans' postslavery history.

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