Euro-American

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adjective

Eu·​ro-Amer·​i·​can ˌyu̇r-ō-ə-ˈmer-ə-kən How to pronounce Euro-American (audio)
variants or Euramerican

Euro-American

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noun

1
: a person of both European and American ancestry
2
: an American of European and especially white European descent

Examples of Euro-American in a Sentence

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Adjective
By creating horizontal connections across cultures, Pedrosa emphasizes alternative modernisms outside of the boundaries of the Euro-American canon. Sara Raza, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024 As in so many fields, white Euro-American men have largely controlled the rules of what constitutes good art, and these rules conveniently reified their own superiority, much as the wine-classifying system developed in France continues to proffer that French wine is the best. Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2024 The aforementioned increase in Central American migration to the US brought with it a Maya diaspora in which an Indigenous identity is confronted with challenges of adapting to predominantly Latino/Hispanic/Chicano cultures and/or Euro-American culture. Michael Aguilar, JSTOR Daily, 26 Feb. 2024 This exploration not only challenges our understanding of tattoo history but also enriches the cultural tapestry of Euro-American tattooing. David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2024 Others suggest, in their shorthand way, Euro-American exchanges of influence. Holland Cotter, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2024 After its opening in 1903, kids spent half of their time in Euro-American academic classes and half of their time learning trade skills. Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2024 Many are related to various civil rights movements, when artists looked toward materials and art ideas outside the traditional Euro-American establishment, opening the way to the wildly diverse Pattern & Decoration movement of the 1970s. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023 The gouaches are all from the early 1950s and show the influence of such European or Euro-American artists as Arshile Gorky (a Kainen acquaintance) and Paul Klee. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1863, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1925, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Euro-American was in 1863

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“Euro-American.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Euro-American. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

Euro-American

adjective
Eu·​ro-Amer·​i·​can
ˌyu̇r-ō-ə-ˈmer-ə-kən
1
: of or relating to Europe and America
2
: of mixed European and American origin
Euro-American noun
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