bichromatism

noun — 3 senses

bichromatism

noun

Etymology From bi- + chromatism.

1

The condition of being bichromatic.

2

Medicine, Pathology, Sciences The condition of being partially color blind.

3

The tendency to view events from the perspective of two-race relationship.

  • These are the pioneers of the suppressed and scorned Americans who dared to oppose the relentless bichromatism that entrapped white and black Americans alike.1999, Martha Hodes, editor, Sex, Love, Race: Crossing Boundaries in North American History:

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