WHITE MAN'S BURDEN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The supposed responsibility of the white race to provide care for their non-white subjects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("white man's burden" is a kind of...):

duty; obligation; responsibility (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force)

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