nonblack

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adjective

Not black in color.

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Meanings

adjectivenonblack (not comparable)

alternative non-black · alternative non-Black

  1. not comparableNot black in color.

    Let us return to the hypothesis that generated the paradox: All nonblack things are nonravens.

    2001, Peter Achinstein, The book of evidence
  2. not comparableNot of African descent; not racially black.

    […]electing an African-American in a country where African-Americans make up 13 percent of the population required a candidate who appealed to nonblack voters.

    2009 January 18, Robert S. Boynton, “Demographics and Destiny”, in The New York Times
nounnonblack (plural nonblacks)

plural nonblacks · alternative non-black · alternative non-Black

  1. A nonblack person.

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Germanic*blakaz
  15. Proto-West Germanic*blak
  16. Old Englishblæc
  17. Middle Englishblak
  18. Englishblack
  19. Englishnonblack

From non- + black.

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APA

nonblack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonblack

MLA

“nonblack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonblack. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonblack,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonblack.

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