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bichromatism en · NOUN

Etymology

From bi- + chromatism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being bichromatic.
  2. (uncountable) The condition of being partially color blind.
  3. (uncountable) The tendency to view events from the perspective of two-race relationship.
    • These are the pioneers of the suppressed and scorned Americans who dared to oppose the relentless bichromatism that entrapped white and black Americans alike. 1999, Martha Hodes, editor, Sex, Love, Race: Crossing Boundaries in North American History: