bichromatism

English

Etymology

bi- +‎ chromatism

Noun

bichromatism (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being bichromatic.
  2. (pathology) The condition of being partially color blind.
  3. The tendency to view events from the perspective of two-race relationship.
    • 1999, Martha Hodes, editor, Sex, Love, Race: Crossing Boundaries in North American History‎:
      These are the pioneers of the suppressed and scorned Americans who dared to oppose the relentless bichromatism that entrapped white and black Americans alike.
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