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Definition DWM in British English

DWM abbreviation

abbreviation
1

dead white (European) male: a man, especially a writer or artist, whose achievements may have been overestimated because he belonged to the gender and ethnic group (male and white) that was dominant at the time

Example

The DWEM represents the canon works so long prized by academic traditionalists - works created largely by Western, Eurocentric men, mostly now dead.

Definition DWM in British English