coolieism

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noun

The role or status of a coolie (type of Asian worker).

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Meanings

nouncoolieism (uncountable)
  1. historicaluncountableThe role or status of a coolie (type of Asian worker).

    Slavery gave the master power to destroy all the distinctive heathenism which the African brought with him, and he did destroy it. But coolieism gives the employer no such power, and he does not do it.

    1996, Noel Martin Douglas Rae, Witnessing America, page 46

Origin

From coolie + -ism.

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APA

coolieism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coolieism

MLA

“coolieism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coolieism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coolieism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coolieism.

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