The musical and other art and craft of a minstrel.
minstrelsy
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for minstrelsy.
Editorial note
They aren't the same thing: minstrelsy is the root offensive thing, blackface is offensive by association with minstrelsy.
Quick take
The musical and other art and craft of a minstrel.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of minstrelsy gathered in one view.
A group of minstrels.
Any similar modern group performing song and verse.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for minstrelsy.
noun
The musical and other art and craft of a minstrel.
noun
A group of minstrels.
noun
Any similar modern group performing song and verse.
noun
A collection of minstrel ballads.
Example sentences
They aren't the same thing: minstrelsy is the root offensive thing, blackface is offensive by association with minstrelsy.
Whatever the origin of blackface in border morris it ended up as pretty racist, with direct links to minstrelsy.
However, there is another influence behind the tradition of animated characters wearing gloves that is rooted in vaudeville and blackface minstrelsy.
Any condemnation of minstrelsy in my opinion should cover most current popular music and dance.
The full list of results included what looked like literal minstrelsy and other mockery.
The popularisation of jazz came very shortly after the peak of minstrelsy.
I worry that it's just a more modern version of minstrelsy in a way.
It remains at the stage of minstrelsy and Indian dress-up.
The, uh, minstrelsy part of that movie has aged poorly.
Quote examples
I'm old, and I had never even imagined that "black face" had outlived minstrelsy before all these politicians started showing up with it.
Blackface (and minstrelsy) wasn't done with "obvious malice", and was the foundation for virtually all world pop music (not directly from a drinking song Irish/English folk tradition) and dance.
There was an oblique reference: "But silicon minstrelsy doesn’t confer much respect: Until The Social Network, the computer business has been denied a mainstream biopic or a resonating social drama.
“Nerd blackface” could be any instance of non-nerds portraying nerds [0], “nerd minstrelsy” would, at least if you take the modern objection as defining [1], be the unfavorable portrayal of nerds (whether by actual nerds or non-nerds) for the entertainment of non-nerds.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use minstrelsy in a sentence?
They aren't the same thing: minstrelsy is the root offensive thing, blackface is offensive by association with minstrelsy.
What does minstrelsy mean?
The musical and other art and craft of a minstrel.
What part of speech is minstrelsy?
minstrelsy is commonly used as noun.