blackface

• Blackface

From black + face.

• IPA^(key): /ˈblækˌfeɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: black‧face

blackface (countable and uncountable, plural blackfaces)

2. (uncountable) The practice in which a nonblack person blackens their face using theatrical makeup in order to portray a caricature of a black person.

   Coordinate terms: (race and ethnicity) brownface, redface, whiteface, yellowface, Jewface; (sex, gender, and sexual orientation) gayface, transface; (voice and accent) blackvoice, vocal blackface

   • 2019, Farah Andrews, “Filipina Actress Liza Soberano Slammed for Mel B 'Blackface'”, in The National News:

     Soberano hit back at Instagram comments, writing, "This is not any form of blackface." But has since backtracked.

4. (countable) A sheep of the Scottish Blackface breed.
5. (uncountable, countable, typography) Synonym of boldface.
   • 1917, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Journal - Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania‎^[1], →OCLC:

     The laboratory procedure in the most important tests and methods is printed in blackface type for convenience of reference.