Pigmentocracy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Government by or social hierarchy of those with a certain skin tone, regardless of race or socioeconomic status. countable, uncountable

    "Black America used to be, and perhaps still is, a pigmentocracy, which means that the social hierarchy is based largely on colorism."

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"Black America used to be, and perhaps still is, a pigmentocracy, which means that the social hierarchy is based largely on colorism."

Etymology

From pigment + -o- + -cracy.

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