blondism

noun

blondism

noun

Etymology From blond + -ism.

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Anthropology, Human sciences, Sciences The presence of blond hair and relatively pale skin and eyes in a member of a usually darker race.

  • Blondism artificially produced in Micronesia and Melanesia as in Polynesia indicates a blond element in the last conquering immigration.1927, John Macmillan Brown, Peoples & problems of the Pacific, volume 2, page 276:
  • In the beard latent blondism is likely to come out.1931, Carleton Stevens Coon, Tribes of the Rif, page 348:

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