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african

English

Alternative forms

* Afric

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to Africa.
  • Derived terms

    * African elephant * African hemp * African marigold * African oak * African penguin * African teak * African violet * North African * South African

    Hyponyms

    * Maghrebi * Congolese * Ethiopian * Ugandan * Zimbabwean * Mozambican

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.
  • * 2007 , African Immigrant Religions in America (ISBN 0814762409):
  • Africans constitute significantly growing populations not only in major urban centers such as New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, and Atlanta but also in small and midsize cities in states such as Ohio and Maine.

    Hyponyms

    * sub-Saharan, Maghrebi

    Derived terms

    * Africanism

    Anagrams

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    afrophobia

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Fear, hate, or dislike of Black Africans and Black African descendant.
  • * 1986 , Carlton W. Molette, Barbara J. Molette, Black Theatre: premise and presentation , page 35
  • Individuals who suffer from Afrophobia often avoid facing this fear by ignoring Africa, its culture, and its people.
  • * 1998' (Mar 30), Christopher Ogden, "Good Will Bill", ''Time'' ' 151 (13) [http://web.archive.org/web/20000816215306/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/1998/int/980330/africa.good_will_bill.at20.html]
  • The Somalia debacle prompted a fresh bout of Afrophobia in Washington.