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colorism

[ kuhl-uh-riz-uhm ]

noun

  1. differential treatment based on skin color, especially favoritism toward those with a lighter skin tone and mistreatment or exclusion of those with a darker skin tone, typically among those of the same racial group or ethnicity.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of colorism1

First recorded in 1960–65; color (in the sense “skin complexion”) + -ism ( def )

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