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blackface

/ˈblæk.feɪs/

Übersetzungen

blackfaceverb

blackfaced

Präteritum

blackfaced

Partizip Perfekt

blackfacing

Gerundium

Transitive or reflexive verb meaning to apply blackface makeup; occasionally intransitive.

Synonyme

darken one's face

minstrelise

minstrelize

use blackface makeup

apply blackface

paint one's face black

wear blackface

perform in blackface

blackfaceadjektiv

/ˈblæk.feɪs/

Used attributively before a noun to describe something involving or relating to the practice of blackface.

Synonyme

racially offensive

in blackface

blackfacesubstantiv

blackfaces

Pl.

блэкфейс

The use of blackface in theater has been widely criticized.

Использование блэкфейса в театре подверглось широкой критике.

Synonyme

blackface performance

racial caricature

minstrelsy

Definitionen

blackfaceverb

To apply blackface makeup; to portray a Black person by using such makeup.

The actor was criticized for blackfacing in the production.

blackfaceadjektiv

Involving, using, or relating to the theatrical makeup known as blackface.

A blackface comedy routine aired on television caused outrage.

blackfacesubstantiv

A form of theatrical makeup used predominantly by non-black performers to represent a caricature of a black person.

The use of blackface in early 20th-century minstrel shows is now widely condemned as racist.

The practice or tradition of performing in such makeup, regarded as racist.

Blackface was once common in American entertainment but is now widely condemned.