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dead white male
[ ded hwahyt meyl, wahyt ]
noun
, Slang: Disparaging.
- (sometimes initial capital letters.) one of a group of white male writers, scientists, or other historical figures whose works have traditionally dominated the field or been a disproportionate part of the school curriculum in the West: : DWM
to expand the literary canon of dead white males to include important works by women.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dead white male1
First recorded in 1965–70
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Example Sentences
Recently in the Times, Dwight Garner remarked that five years after his death, “Updike seems like a Very Dead White Male indeed.”
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