Meanings
black lives matter1
alternative Black lives matter
- governmentA rallying call and statement of protest, concerning police brutality and racially motivated violence against black people.
The ADL’s work covers the usual left-wing causes célèbres: fighting voting integrity measures, pushing for open-borders policies and amnesty for illegal aliens, and vigorously defending the Black Lives Matter riots, to name a few.
2024 February 16, Mike Howell, “Partnership With ADL Compromises FBI’s Integrity and Fairness”, in The Daily SignalSynonyms: BLM
Black lives matter2
- alternativeAlternative form of black lives matter.
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseA rallying call and statement of protest, concerning police brutality and racially motivated violence against black people.
Origin
Originally used in the form of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media (2013), protesting against the deaths of African Americans at the hands of the police.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic حَيَاةُ السُّودِ مُهِمَّة
- حَيَاةُ السُّودِ مُهِمَّة (ḥayātu as-sūdi muhimma)statement of protest
Chinese Mandarin 黑人的命也是命, 黑人的命很重要
- 黑人的命也是命 (hēirén de mìng yěshì mìng)statement of protest
- 黑人的命很重要 (hēirén de mìng hěn zhòngyào)statement of protest
- 黑命貴 /黑命贵 (hēimìngguì)statement of protest
Esperanto nigrulaj vivoj gravas
- nigrulaj vivoj gravasstatement of protest
Finnish mustien elämällä on väliä
- mustien elämällä on väliästatement of protest
French les vies noires comptent
- les vies noires comptentstatement of protest
German schwarze Leben zählen
- schwarze Leben zählenstatement of protest
Korean 흑인의 생명은 소중하다
- 흑인의 생명은 소중하다 (heugin-ui saengmyeong-eun sojunghada)statement of protest
Malay nyawa orang hitam penting
- nyawa orang hitam pentingstatement of protest
Portuguese vidas negras importam
- vidas negras importamstatement of protest
Russian жи́зни черноко́жих име́ют значе́ние, жи́зни чёрных важны́
- жи́зни черноко́жих име́ют значе́ние (žízni černokóžix iméjut značénije)statement of protest
- жи́зни чёрных важны́ (žízni čórnyx važný)statement of protest
Spanish las vidas negras importan
- las vidas negras importanstatement of protest
Cite this entry
black lives matter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20lives%20matter
“black lives matter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20lives%20matter. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “black lives matter,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20lives%20matter.
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