white man's burden

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Definition of white man's burden in English English dictionary

The supposed responsibility of European people to govern and care for their colonial subjects

{i} expected responsibility of white people Europeans to rule and impose their apparently advanced civilization and culture to nonwhite people

The supposed or presumed responsibility of white people to govern and impart their culture to nonwhite people, often advanced as a justification for European colonialism

the supposed responsibility of the white race to take of their non-white subjects

Related Terms

The White Man's Burden

famous poem about imperialism (by Rudyard Kipling); euphemism for imperialism (used to describe white man's self-imposed "duty" to civilize undeveloped countries)

Hyphenation

White man's bur·den

Turkish pronunciation

hwayt mänz bırdın

Pronunciation

/ˈhwīt ˈmanz ˈbərdən/ /ˈhwaɪt ˈmænz ˈbɜrdən/

Etymology

() From the poem The White Man's Burden by Rudyard Kipling