Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The supposed or presumed responsibility of white people to govern and impart their culture to nonwhite people, often advanced as a justification for European colonialism.
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- noun The supposed
responsibility ofEuropean people togovern andcare for theircolonial subjects
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- noun the supposed responsibility of the white race to provide care for their non-white subjects
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From “The White Man's Burden,”, a poem by Rudyard Kipling.]
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From the poem The White Man's Burden by Rudyard Kipling.
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