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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
nonwhite en · ADJ
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English non-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt-
Proto-Germanic *hwītaz
Proto-West Germanic *hwīt
Old English hwīt
Middle English whit
English white
English nonwhite
From non- + white.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not white in color.
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(not-comparable) Not belonging to the white race.
By 2016, however, a divide that started appearing in the preceding few years came into full relief—that year, 29% of nonwhite liberals (28% of nonwhite Democrats) and 38% of Black liberals (34% of Black Democrats), disagreed that “Blacks should work their way up without special favors.”
2022 May 2, Zachary Goldberg, “Explaining Shifts in White Racial Liberalism: The Role of Collective Moral Emotions and Media Effects”, in Georgia State University, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2025, page 98:
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unwhite
nonwhite en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree
English non-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt-
Proto-Germanic *hwītaz
Proto-West Germanic *hwīt
Old English hwīt
Middle English whit
English white
English nonwhite
From non- + white.
Meanings
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A person who is not white.
“It’s already clear that the 2020 electorate will be unique in several ways. Nonwhites will account for a third of eligible voters — their largest share ever — driven by long-term increases among certain groups, especially Hispanics,” according to a Pew Research report.
2020 July 28, Thomas B. Edsall, “Trump Is Trying to Bend Reality to His Will”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2020:That said, and as I reiterate and elaborate on later below, there is nothing in this dissertation’s theory that precludes similar post-Floyd shifts in the racial attitudes of nonwhites. I leave it up to future research, though, to tackle this question.
2022 May 2, Zachary Goldberg, “Explaining Shifts in White Racial Liberalism: The Role of Collective Moral Emotions and Media Effects”, in Georgia State University, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2025, page 433:
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unwhite