blaxploitation

noun

blax·​ploi·​ta·​tion ˌblak-(ˌ)splȯi-ˈtā-shən 

: the exploitation of Black people by producers of Black-oriented films

—often used before another noun

blaxploitation movies

Examples of blaxploitation in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Ganja & Hess centers on an anthropologist who turns vampire after being stabbed with a cursed dagger, but Gunn was not interested in appeasing the capitalist appetite for another blaxploitation piece in the early ’70s. —Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2025

Yet Grier clarified that there is not only blaxploitation onscreen, but rather exploitative genre films for any race and gender. —Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025

Ayers also made a name for himself in film soundtracks, composing the score for the 1973 blaxploitation classic Coffy, starring Pam Grier. —Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025

Davis’s protagonist, Cicely (Jake-ann Jones), called Cece, is the twentysomething scion of a Black acting dynasty—the daughter of a former blaxploitation star named Lydia Love (Patricia DeArcy) and the granddaughter of a grande dame of the theatre (Maranantha Quick). —Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024

Word History

Etymology

blend of blax- (alteration of blacks) and exploitation

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for blaxploitation

• abdication
• aberration
• abjuration
• abnegation
• abrogation
• acceptation
• acclamation
• acclimation
• accusation
• activation
• actuation
• acylation