Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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African-American | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Tom | Yes | No | No | No |
African-American (noun) | Tom (noun) |
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a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today | (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites |
African-American (adjective) | Tom (adjective) |
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pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry |