nonwhite

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adjective

Not white in color.

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Meanings

adjectivenonwhite (not comparable)

alternative non-white · alternative non-White

  1. not comparableNot white in color.
  2. not comparableNot belonging to the white race.

    By 2016, however, a divide that started appearing in the preceding few years came into full relief—that year, 29% of nonwhite liberals (28% of nonwhite Democrats) and 38% of Black liberals (34% of Black Democrats), disagreed that “Blacks should work their way up without special favors.”

    2022 May 2, Zachary Goldberg, “Explaining Shifts in White Racial Liberalism: The Role of Collective Moral Emotions and Media Effects”, in Georgia State University, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2025, page 98
nounnonwhite (plural nonwhites)

plural nonwhites · alternative non-white · alternative non-White

  1. A person who is not white.

    That said, and as I reiterate and elaborate on later below, there is nothing in this dissertation’s theory that precludes similar post-Floyd shifts in the racial attitudes of nonwhites. I leave it up to future research, though, to tackle this question.

    2022 May 2, Zachary Goldberg, “Explaining Shifts in White Racial Liberalism: The Role of Collective Moral Emotions and Media Effects”, in Georgia State University, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2025, page 433
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    “It’s already clear that the 2020 electorate will be unique in several ways. Nonwhites will account for a third of eligible voters — their largest share ever — driven by long-term increases among certain groups, especially Hispanics,” according to a Pew Research report.

    2020 July 28, Thomas B. Edsall, “Trump Is Trying to Bend Reality to His Will”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2020

    Synonyms: unwhite

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who is not white.

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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-Indo-European*ḱweyt-
  15. Proto-Germanic*hwītaz
  16. Proto-West Germanic*hwīt
  17. Old Englishhwīt
  18. Middle Englishwhit
  19. Englishwhite
  20. Englishnonwhite

From non- + white.

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APA

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

MLA

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Chicago

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

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