COLOUR LINE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites

Synonyms:

color bar; color line; colour bar; colour line; Jim Crow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("colour line" is a kind of...):

ideological barrier (a barrier to cooperation or interaction resulting from conflicting ideologies)

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