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单词 blaxploitation
释义

Blaxploitation

or Black·sploi·ta·tion

[ blak-sploi-tey-shuhn ]
/ ˌblæk splɔɪˈteɪ ʃən /

noun (often lowercase)

a subgenre of American cinema in the 1970s featuring Black protagonists in exploitation films intended to appeal to African American audiences.

Origin of Blaxploitation

Blend of Blax (respelling of Blacks) + exploitation; coined by Dr. Junius Griffin (1929–2005) of the Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP in 1972 in response to the movie Super Fly (1972)

Words nearby Blaxploitation

blaubok, Blaue Reiter, Blavatsky, blaw, Blaxican, Blaxploitation, Blaydon, blazar, blaze, blaze a trail, blaze orange
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Example sentences from the Web for Blaxploitation

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British Dictionary definitions for Blaxploitation

blaxploitation
/ (ˌblæksplɔɪˈteɪʃən) /

noun

a genre of films featuring Black stereotypes

Word Origin for blaxploitation

C20: from bla (ck) + (e) xploitation
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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