Aunt Tomn.

Brit.

/ˌɑːnt ˈtɒm/,

/ˌant ˈtɒm/, U.S.

/ˌænt ˈtɑm/,

/ˌɑnt ˈtɑm/

Forms:

α. 1900s– Aunt Tom.

β. 1900s– Aunt Thomasina.

γ. 1900s– Auntie Tom.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: aunt n., proper name Tom.

Etymology: < aunt n. + the male forename Tom (see Tom n.¹), after Uncle Tom n.In form Aunt Thomasina with alteration of the second element after the female forename Thomasina; in form Auntie Tom with alteration of the first element after auntie n.

derogatory and offensive.

1. U.S. A black woman considered to be submissive or servile towards white people, and whose behaviour is considered to be unsupportive of the social and political interests of African Americans. Cf. Uncle Tom n.

ΚΠ

1956 Daily Defender (Chicago) 7 Mar. 4 (heading) Boycotters won't talk to or visit ‘Aunt Tom’.

1969 Financial Times 5 May 3/5 A highly imaginative, comic yet chilling, portrait of an elderly coloured woman..who to all appearances seems an Aunt Tom, bowing and scraping to the red-neck whites in a small Southern town.

1984 T. Harris Exorcising Blackness ii. 29 Many Blacks managed to salvage a bit of dignity by playing the role of Uncle Tom and Aunt Thomasina; such roles allowed them to improve their own situations as much as was possible under the constraints peculiar to their existence.

2012 Daily Times (Farmington, New Mexico) 3 Oct. a11/5 Before the night was over liberal bloggers had labeled Love..an ‘Aunt Tom’, and ‘house nigger’.

2. Originally and chiefly U.S. A woman considered to be submissive or servile towards men, and whose behaviour is considered to be unsupportive of the goals of feminism.

ΚΠ

1968 N.Y. Times Mag. 10 Mar. 50/3 ‘For years feminism has been an apology,’ says Mrs. Friedan. ‘All those ladies' auxiliaries like the League of Women Voters, saying “Don't get us wrong; we're not feminists.” What self-denigration. I call them Aunt Toms.’

1974 A. Lurie War between Tates (1977) xiv. 289 ‘And how many of them [sc. the female students] would join you, do you think?’ ‘All of them, I hope,’ she says warmly. ‘Or almost all. There's always a few Aunt Toms in every bunch.’

1990 E. Loverde-Bagwell tr. G. Castro Amer. Feminism iii. 56 Suffering from self-hatred by introjection of the feminine stereotype, the ‘Aunt Toms’ try to resolve the problem by distinguishing themselves from other women.

2010 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 17 June a15 Palin seemed to relish tweaking the feminist establishment that has savaged her.., casting her as an ‘Aunt Tom’ whose conservative values make even her identity as a woman suspect.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aunt tom
释义	Aunt Tomn. Brit. /ˌɑːnt ˈtɒm/, /ˌant ˈtɒm/, U.S. /ˌænt ˈtɑm/, /ˌɑnt ˈtɑm/ Forms: α. 1900s– Aunt Tom. β. 1900s– Aunt Thomasina. γ. 1900s– Auntie Tom. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: aunt n., proper name Tom. Etymology: < aunt n. + the male forename Tom (see Tom n.¹), after Uncle Tom n.In form Aunt Thomasina with alteration of the second element after the female forename Thomasina; in form Auntie Tom with alteration of the first element after auntie n. derogatory and offensive. 1. U.S. A black woman considered to be submissive or servile towards white people, and whose behaviour is considered to be unsupportive of the social and political interests of African Americans. Cf. Uncle Tom n. ΚΠ 1956 Daily Defender (Chicago) 7 Mar. 4 (heading) Boycotters won't talk to or visit ‘Aunt Tom’. 1969 Financial Times 5 May 3/5 A highly imaginative, comic yet chilling, portrait of an elderly coloured woman..who to all appearances seems an Aunt Tom, bowing and scraping to the red-neck whites in a small Southern town. 1984 T. Harris Exorcising Blackness ii. 29 Many Blacks managed to salvage a bit of dignity by playing the role of Uncle Tom and Aunt Thomasina; such roles allowed them to improve their own situations as much as was possible under the constraints peculiar to their existence. 2012 Daily Times (Farmington, New Mexico) 3 Oct. a11/5 Before the night was over liberal bloggers had labeled Love..an ‘Aunt Tom’, and ‘house nigger’. 2. Originally and chiefly U.S. A woman considered to be submissive or servile towards men, and whose behaviour is considered to be unsupportive of the goals of feminism. ΚΠ 1968 N.Y. Times Mag. 10 Mar. 50/3 ‘For years feminism has been an apology,’ says Mrs. Friedan. ‘All those ladies' auxiliaries like the League of Women Voters, saying “Don't get us wrong; we're not feminists.” What self-denigration. I call them Aunt Toms.’ 1974 A. Lurie War between Tates (1977) xiv. 289 ‘And how many of them [sc. the female students] would join you, do you think?’ ‘All of them, I hope,’ she says warmly. ‘Or almost all. There's always a few Aunt Toms in every bunch.’ 1990 E. Loverde-Bagwell tr. G. Castro Amer. Feminism iii. 56 Suffering from self-hatred by introjection of the feminine stereotype, the ‘Aunt Toms’ try to resolve the problem by distinguishing themselves from other women. 2010 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 17 June a15 Palin seemed to relish tweaking the feminist establishment that has savaged her.., casting her as an ‘Aunt Tom’ whose conservative values make even her identity as a woman suspect. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1956
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