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Noun
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hypo-
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descent
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hypodescent
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Rhymes:
-ɛnt
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hypodescent
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uncountable
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The practice of classifying a child of mixed race ancestry into the less socially dominant of the parents' races.
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hyperdescent
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English terms prefixed with hypo-
Rhymes:English/ɛnt
Rhymes:English/ɛnt/4 syllables
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English nouns
English uncountable nouns
en:Multiracial
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