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blackstream

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Conforming to the mainstream, with the exception of depicting people with black skin; not being a distinctively black style of art.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: art, arts

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History

Etymology

Blend of black + mainstream, coined by Elsa Honig Fine in her paper Mainstream, Blackstream and the Black Art Movement (1971).