different between interracial vs uppity

English

Alternative forms

• inter-racial

Etymology

inter- +? racial

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt???e???l/
• Hyphenation: in?ter?ra?cial

Adjective

interracial (comparative more interracial, superlative most interracial)

1. Between or among two or more different races.

Translations

French

Etymology

inter- +? racial

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t?.?a.sjal/

Adjective

interracial (feminine singular interraciale, masculine plural interraciaux, feminine plural interraciales)

1. interracial

Spanish

Etymology

inter- +? racial

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /intera??jal/, [?n?.t?e.ra??jal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /intera?sjal/, [?n?.t?e.ra?sjal]
• Hyphenation: in?ter?ra?cial

Adjective

interracial (plural interraciales)

1. interracial

English

Etymology

Fanciful extension of up +? -ity/-ety, an extended form of -y; compare biggity and hippity (and possibly also persnickety, pernickety). First attested around 1880 in Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris to describe Jack Sparrer (Jack Sparrow), who tattled on Br'er Rabbit (see quotations below). Compare uppish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?ti/

Adjective

uppity (comparative uppitier, superlative uppitiest)

1. Presumptuous, above oneself, self-important; arrogant, snobbish, haughty.
2. Exceeding one's station or position, assuming prerogatives to which one is not entitled.

Usage notes

• This term has historically been used in America to describe black people who were considered to be acting above "their place", and is considered by some to have racist connotations when applied to black people and other people of color; sometimes, arrogant or presumptuous, invoking the same idea, are used as codewords for it.

Synonyms

• (presumptuous, arrogant): see Thesaurus:arrogant

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