halfbreed
Person of both
Halfbreed is an offensive term for a person of mixed racial ancestry, particularly someone with one Indigenous American parent and one white parent.
The word reduces a person to fractional parentage and carries a long history of use as a slur.
It appears in older literature and westerns but is now widely considered derogatory: The townspeople called him a halfbreed behind his back.
Mixed-race, biracial, or specific tribal affiliations are preferred.
Having two racial ancestries
- multiracialOf multiple ethnicities
- mixed-raceOf multiple ancestries
- dual heritageHaving two distinct ancestries
- interracialBetween different ethnic groups
mestizo · mulatto · creole · mixed ancestry · intermarriage · miscegenation · bloodline · lineage
Expressing criticism or disrespect
- pejorativeTerm expressing disapproval
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
- racial slurDerogatory ethnic term
- epithetDescriptive tag for someone
insult · outdated · archaic · colonial · discriminatory · prejudice · bigotry · racism
Mixed-origin quality
- in-betweenOccupying middle position
- belongingState of fitting in
- cultural fusionBlending of different traditions
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
passing · identity crisis · self-identification · erasure · invisibility · neither-nor · straddling · liminal
Shapeshifting wolf-person
- vampireBlood-drinking undead creature
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
- nephilimAntediluvian giant beings
Spock · Hagrid · demigod · shapeshifter · paranormal · otherworldly · mythical · fae
biracial
Having two racial ancestries
- multiracialOf multiple ethnicities
- mixed-raceOf multiple ancestries
- dual heritageHaving two distinct ancestries
interracial · mestizo · mulatto · creole · mixed ancestry · intermarriage · miscegenation · bloodline · lineage · parentage
derogatory
Expressing criticism or disrespect
- pejorativeTerm expressing disapproval
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
- racial slurDerogatory ethnic term
epithet · insult · outdated · archaic · colonial · discriminatory · prejudice · bigotry · racism · stereotype
hybridity
Mixed-origin quality
- in-betweenOccupying middle position
- belongingState of fitting in
- cultural fusionBlending of different traditions
code-switching · passing · identity crisis · self-identification · erasure · invisibility · neither-nor · straddling · liminal · ambiguity
werewolf
Shapeshifting wolf-person
- vampireBlood-drinking undead creature
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
nephilim · Spock · Hagrid · demigod · shapeshifter · paranormal · otherworldly · mythical · fae
halfbreedpurebred
Of single breed ancestry
pureblood · full-blooded · fullblood · thoroughbred · full-blood
half, halves, halved, halving, halfway, halfhearted, halfheartedly, breed, breeds