allochtoon
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French allochtone, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) χθών (khthṓn, “earth, ground”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]allochtoon (comparative allochtoner, superlative allochtoonst)
Declension
[edit]Declension of allochtoon | ||||
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uninflected | allochtoon | |||
inflected | allochtone | |||
comparative | allochtoner | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | allochtoon | allochtoner | het allochtoonst het allochtoonste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | allochtone | allochtonere | allochtoonste |
n. sing. | allochtoon | allochtoner | allochtoonste | |
plural | allochtone | allochtonere | allochtoonste | |
definite | allochtone | allochtonere | allochtoonste | |
partitive | allochtoons | allochtoners | — |
Synonyms
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[edit]Noun
[edit]allochtoon m (plural allochtonen, diminutive allochtoontje n)
- a person (or thing) originating abroad
- (law, demography) a person of non-native descent, having been born abroad or having foreign parents or grandparents (legal and demographic definitions vary)
- (colloquial, potentially offensive) a person of non-Western descent, typically Muslim or Black
Usage notes
[edit]- While initially used as a politically correct term, use in the meaning “person of non-Western descent” is now often considered racist and incorrect by those adhering to more formal definitions; Allochtoon means something that originated abroad, whereas most people labeled as such were actually born in the country.
- Use of this word to refer to people has been avoided by the Dutch government since 2016 (along with autochtoon), favouring met een migratieachtergrond (with a migration background) as a more politically neutral and correct qualifier to express the same idea.
- The word's negative connotation comes from it rarely if ever being used in a positive context in the media; it's typically used to denote crime statistics or a "demographic threat".
- The word is in practice used to denote more specifically Muslims and Blacks; it is almost never used for East Asians for example.
- In informal contexts, it's used ironically (and non-offensively) by people of non-Western descent among each other, but remains potentially offensive when used by a person of Dutch or Flemish descent.
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