pigmentocracy

English

Etymology

From pigment +‎ -o- +‎ -cracy.

Noun

pigmentocracy (countable and uncountable, plural pigmentocracies)

  1. Government by or social hierarchy of those with a certain skin tone, regardless of race or socioeconomic status.
    • 2011, Don Lemon, Transparent‎[1], Las Vegas: Farrah Gray, →ISBN:
      Black America used to be, and perhaps still is, a pigmentocracy, which means that the social hierarchy is based largely on colorism.

See also

  • Appendix:Forms of government
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