hyphenates
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Hyphenates is the verb form meaning to connect words or word parts with a hyphen: The style guide hyphenates "well-known" when it precedes a noun.
As a noun, hyphenates are people with dual identities or nationalities, often marked by hyphenated terms: Italian-Americans and other hyphenates have shaped the country's culture.
Having two racial ancestries
- multiethnicOf many backgrounds
- biculturalOf two cultural backgrounds
- mixed-raceOf multiple ancestries
- transnationalCrossing country lines
diaspora · blended · code-switching · immigrant · naturalized · binational · multicultural · intermarriage
Combined into one
- blendCombine into mixture
- fusionJoining into unity
- amalgamationUniting into one
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
composite · meld · hybrid · merger · combination · joining · linking · bridging
Midlength horizontal stroke
- em-dashWide horizontal punctuation mark
- punctuationWritten clarity symbols
- line-breakForced text continuation below
- prefixRoot-modifying front element
suffix · copyediting · orthography · typesetting · spelling · diacritical · ligature · double-barreled
Having two parallel tubes
- surnameHereditary family identifier
- patronymicName from father's name
- matronymicName from mother's name
- lineageDescent from progenitors
aristocratic · peerage · dynastic · hereditary · genealogy
biracial
Having two racial ancestries
- multiethnicOf many backgrounds
- biculturalOf two cultural backgrounds
- mixed-raceOf multiple ancestries
transnational · diaspora · blended · code-switching · immigrant · naturalized · binational · multicultural · intermarriage · cross-cultural
compound
Combined into one
- blendCombine into mixture
- fusionJoining into unity
- amalgamationUniting into one
synthesis · composite · meld · hybrid · merger · combination · joining · linking · bridging · unification
en-dash
Midlength horizontal stroke
- em-dashWide horizontal punctuation mark
- punctuationWritten clarity symbols
- line-breakForced text continuation below
prefix · suffix · copyediting · orthography · typesetting · spelling · diacritical · ligature · double-barreled
double-barreled
Having two parallel tubes
- surnameHereditary family identifier
- patronymicName from father's name
- matronymicName from mother's name
lineage · aristocratic · peerage · dynastic · hereditary · genealogy
hyphenatesspaces
Gaps or open areas
separates · fuses · splits · joins · runs together
hyphenatespurists
Strict adherence advocates
specialists · assimilationists · nativists · one-trick ponies
hyphenatesseparates
Divides into portions
divides · splits · breaks apart · disconnects · severs
- hyphenated identityCombined ancestry descriptor
hyphenate, hyphenation, hyphenated, hyphenating, unhyphenated, hyphenations