skin head

Racist gang member

A skinhead is a member of a youth subculture originating in 1960s Britain, characterized by closely shaved heads, boots, and working-class identity.

The movement split: some remained apolitical or antiracist, while others adopted white supremacist ideology.

In casual use, skinhead often implies the racist variety: A group of skinheads attacked the immigrant family.

Also spelled as one word.

Related

bomber jacket · community · working class · solidarity · rebellion · youth culture · punk rock · dub · nationalism · two-tone · multiculturalism · activism · denim jeans · anarchism · socialism · urban life · xenophobia · steel-toe boots

Opposites
ideology/political stance

skin headanti-racist

Actively opposing racial prejudice

civil rights activist · antifa · human rights advocate · anti-fascist · social justice warrior

approach to conflict

skin headpacifist

Anti-violence believer

peace activist · peacemaker · Gandhian · conscientious objector · dove

subculture/social group

skin headhippie

Sixties counterculture member

flower child · longhair · Deadhead · Rastafarian · anarcho-punk

Family

skinhead, skinheads

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13