Meanings
- USabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Ku Klux Klan.
[…] 1919, a time when African American hopes for a just future following their service in World War I were dashed by violent reassertions of white supremacy, including the efflorescence and expansion of the KKK into the Midwestern and northwestern U.S.
2015, Heidi Nast, “Pit Bulls, Slavery, and Whiteness in the Mid- to Late-Nineteenth-Century U.S.”, in Rosemary-Claire Collard, Kathryn Gillespie, editors, Critical Animal Geographies, page 1381 more example
The “over” and “under” prefixes, however, seem only to be applied to things that we, as a culture or collective, determine to be tolerable in the first place. Each prefix transmits a deviation in what is or can be tolerated. For example, when was the last time you heard a KKK member described as “overracist?” Why don’t we speak of law-abiding citizens as “undercriminal?” When was the last time you spoke of “underviolence” or “overcomfortable?” The “over” and “under” is only applied to those things we already understand as manageable or expected.
(Can we date this quote?), Chris Christou, “There is No Such Thing as Overtourism”, in The End of Tourism, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2026 - PhilippinesabbreviationhistoricalinitialismInitialism of Katipunan.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- TagalogKKK
- EnglishKKK
The Philippine sense is from Tagalog KKK.
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KKK. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/KKK
“KKK.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/KKK. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “KKK,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/KKK.
Source: KKK on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.