white legend

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Definition of white legend in English English dictionary

The term purports to counterbalance the defamatory anti-Hispanic Black Legend (Spanish Leyenda Negra). It is an insidious aspect of the Black Legend in that it characterizes documented historical facts favorable to Hispanics as exaggerated praise and therefore suspect

Hyphenation

White leg·end

Turkish pronunciation

hwayt lecınd

Pronunciation

/ˈhwīt ˈleʤənd/ /ˈhwaɪt ˈlɛʤənd/

Etymology

() * The term was coined as an insidious extension of the Black Legend.