black
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a black person. This word is sometimes considered offensive, so you should be very careful about using it.
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noun
a black person. This word is sometimes considered offensive, so you should be very careful about using it.
the American spelling of coloured1
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an insulting word used in the past for a worker with no special skills in China, India, and other parts of Asia
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someone from a foreign country, especially a white person. This word is sometimes used as an insult.
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an insulting word used by some people from South America for someone from another country who speaks English, especially someone from the US
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an offensive word for a person who has parents of two different races, especially someone with one white parent and one native american or black parent. A more polite expression is person of mixed race.
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an offensive word for someone who has one white parent and one black parent. A more polite expression is person of mixed race.
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a word meaning ‘non-believer’, used by some Muslims to describe someone who is not a Muslim
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an offensive word for someone belonging to a group who lived in a place before Europeans arrived there
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a black person. This word is now considered offensive but until the second half of the 20th century it was an accepted word, used by black people as well as white.
adjective
used for describing people who are not considered to be members of the race of people who have pale skins. This word is usually considered offensive because it suggests that the white section of the population of the world is more important than any other.
noun
someone from eastern Asia, especially China or Japan. This word is now considered offensive.
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a white person in New Zealand, especially someone whose family originally came from Europe
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a black child. This word is sometimes used by older white people but most people consider it offensive.
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a member of a people who are of less than average height. Most Pygmies live in Central Africa or Southeast Asia. This word is now sometimes considered offensive.
adjective
an insulting way of describing someone or something from a culture that is not considered to be advanced. This is now considered offensive.
noun
an insulting word for someone from a culture that is not considered to be advanced. This is now considered offensive.
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an insulting word for a black person who the speaker thinks shows too much respect for white people. This word is used especially by other black people.
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White Anglo-Saxon Protestant: a word for people who are white and have money, power, and opportunities that other people do not have
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someone from the US This word is often used as an insulting word for referring to an American by people who are not from the US
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using the Internet where you work, during working hours, for activities which are not work-related
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