Hyperwhite

Quick meaning: Hyperwhite is an adjective meaning Very much white or Caucasian; following the stereotypes of the white race to the exclusion of others.

Meaning

Very much white or Caucasian; following the stereotypes of the white race to the exclusion of others.

Example Sentences

To compensate for being so hyperwhite and boring, Petula is sexually active.

But as one recent cultural critic points out, in creating a hyperwhite “safe” space, “nerds” rejected black hip-hop music and dress.

This [a depiction of people with brown skin] is the one such representation in Parker and Sendak's illustrated (and critically abridged) edition, which otherwise presents the characters as almost surreally hyperwhite.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include superwhite, snow-white, hyperprivileged, superprivileged, whitelisted, superpure.

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