When a person is given a treatment in his or her favor because of stereotypical attributes not necessarily merited.
Any seemingly racist remark or act that's made by a person out of good will; innocent assumptions made because of race.
Any seemingly racist remark or act that's made by a person out of good will; innocent assumptions made because of race.
A black president is given a longer grace period by his constituency than would a white one. That's contracism.
"Wong? Isn't he Japanese, or something like that? I bet he'd be the guy to see about doing these taxes."
"Don't African Americans have more bones than other humans?"
"Wong? Isn't he Japanese, or something like that? I bet he'd be the guy to see about doing these taxes."
"Don't African Americans have more bones than other humans?"
by creatorcreator October 15, 2009
Get the contracism mug.A word invented by James Joyce and used in his Ulysses. The word may be broken into parts to better understand its meaning:
con-trans-magnific-and-jew-bang-tantiality
The "-tantiality" is just a suffix for "con-" and "trans-". The "con-" refers to consubstantiation, the belief in Catholic theology that the father, the son and the holy spirit are all of the same substance but each presents in a different form. The "-trans-" refers to transubstantiation, the belief in Catholic theology that during communion the bread and wine literally become the body and blood of christ; the mundane is transformed into the divine. These two first parts of the word indicate that the word has to do with the intersection between the divine (god) and the mundane (humanity), or christ. The "magnific" refers to the magnificent, the divine. The "-and-" simply refers to the word "and" and the "-jew-" refers to a Jew, specifically Mary. The "-bang-" is where things get tricky and we see a bit of Joyce's (slightly blasphemous) humour: in one sense, "-bang-" refers to a collision between the divine and Mary (christ). It also refers to sex; Mary is impregnated by the divine and out of this tryst christ is born. Joyce intentionally juxtaposes sexuality and the virgin because he both believes that all human activities are beautiful and deserve to be represented in literature and because, in order for christ to have a human mother and a divine father, he must have blood from both.
con-trans-magnific-and-jew-bang-tantiality
The "-tantiality" is just a suffix for "con-" and "trans-". The "con-" refers to consubstantiation, the belief in Catholic theology that the father, the son and the holy spirit are all of the same substance but each presents in a different form. The "-trans-" refers to transubstantiation, the belief in Catholic theology that during communion the bread and wine literally become the body and blood of christ; the mundane is transformed into the divine. These two first parts of the word indicate that the word has to do with the intersection between the divine (god) and the mundane (humanity), or christ. The "magnific" refers to the magnificent, the divine. The "-and-" simply refers to the word "and" and the "-jew-" refers to a Jew, specifically Mary. The "-bang-" is where things get tricky and we see a bit of Joyce's (slightly blasphemous) humour: in one sense, "-bang-" refers to a collision between the divine and Mary (christ). It also refers to sex; Mary is impregnated by the divine and out of this tryst christ is born. Joyce intentionally juxtaposes sexuality and the virgin because he both believes that all human activities are beautiful and deserve to be represented in literature and because, in order for christ to have a human mother and a divine father, he must have blood from both.
You: Contransmagnificandjewbangtantiality.
English Professor: You get an "A," and you don't even have to come to class anymore.
You: Contransmagnificandjewbangtantiality.
Catholic Priest: STOP READING JAMES JOYCE WE NEED TO BURN THAT FILTHY BOOK BEFORE IT POISONS MORE MINDS AND DAMNS MORE SOULS!!!
Hot Girl: What does contransmagnificandjewbangtantiality mean?
You: I better come over and explain it to you. We may even need to act it out...
English Professor: You get an "A," and you don't even have to come to class anymore.
You: Contransmagnificandjewbangtantiality.
Catholic Priest: STOP READING JAMES JOYCE WE NEED TO BURN THAT FILTHY BOOK BEFORE IT POISONS MORE MINDS AND DAMNS MORE SOULS!!!
Hot Girl: What does contransmagnificandjewbangtantiality mean?
You: I better come over and explain it to you. We may even need to act it out...
by Avrilsbestguy October 2, 2011
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An endless and eternal pit devoid of all pleasure and goodness; the nerve center of all imaginable horrors; a putrid, oozing curse upon the world; that which makes us envy the dead; a gigantic, hulking nightmare factory; the ghost of lost freedom that forever haunts your soul; the mindkiller; a smoothie of broken glass, maggots, and metal filings; a mountain of reeking shit.
by Are Jonnson December 9, 2008
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1. an effort that is inconvenient
2. a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result
3. a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
syn - difficulty
1. the fact or condition of being contrained.
2. Often, contrainments.
3. a trouble or struggle.
4. a cause of trouble, struggle, or embarrassment.
5. a disagreement or dispute.
6. reluctance; unwillingness.
7. a demur; objection.
8. something that is hard to do, understand, or surmount; an impediment or obstacle.
1. an effort that is inconvenient
2. a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result
3. a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
syn - difficulty
1. the fact or condition of being contrained.
2. Often, contrainments.
3. a trouble or struggle.
4. a cause of trouble, struggle, or embarrassment.
5. a disagreement or dispute.
6. reluctance; unwillingness.
7. a demur; objection.
8. something that is hard to do, understand, or surmount; an impediment or obstacle.
That silly lady at the DMV was giving me some contrainments about my expired tags!
My mexican pal is trying to act white but all he does is cause us a bunch of contrainment when dealing with his ridiculous antics.
Every time I go into the salesman's office he gives me a buncha contrainment about how smart he is.
My mexican pal is trying to act white but all he does is cause us a bunch of contrainment when dealing with his ridiculous antics.
Every time I go into the salesman's office he gives me a buncha contrainment about how smart he is.
by David - TeamPSI May 11, 2007
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Get the cuntacism mug.The act of a USA citizen to centre of the USA as if it is the entire world and often the universe. It is often seen in online international groups, where their replies are all focused on the USA, even when the group is specifically about a certain culture.
Their reply was the absolute definition of USA Centricism, the inability to grasp that this is an online international platform and is not focused on the US is absurd.
by Líadain September 22, 2020
Get the usa centricism mug."God doesn't answer my prayers instantly, but I can answer my email instantly. Therefore, I must be superior." said Evan the retard.
"Oh, than you must believe in human centralism." said Danny.
"Oh, than you must believe in human centralism." said Danny.
by Dr. Rhorioe April 30, 2008
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