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jim crowism

[kroh-iz-uhm]

Jim Crowism

[kroh-iz-uhm]
noun
1.
Jim Crow (def. 1).
2.
any policy of racial segregation.
3.
advocacy of such a policy.
Also, jim crowism.


Origin:
1830–40, Americanism; Jim Crow + -ism
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