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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD UNCLE TOM

After the slave who is the main character of H.B. Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852).
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF UNCLE TOM

Uncle Tom play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNCLE TOM

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Uncle Tom is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UNCLE TOM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Uncle Tom

Uncle Tom

Uncle Tom is the title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin. The phrase "Uncle Tom" has also become an epithet for a person who is slavish and excessively subservient to perceived authority figures, particularly a black person who behaves in a subservient manner to white people; or any person perceived to be a participant in the oppression of their own group. The negative epithet is the result of later works derived from the original novel.

Definition of Uncle Tom in the English dictionary

The definition of Uncle Tom in the dictionary is a Black person whose behaviour towards White people is regarded as obsequious and servile.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNCLE TOM

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WORDS THAT END LIKE UNCLE TOM

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Synonyms and antonyms of Uncle Tom in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Uncle Tom» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNCLE TOM

Find out the translation of Uncle Tom to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Uncle Tom from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Uncle Tom» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

汤姆叔叔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tío Tom
570 millions of speakers

English

Uncle Tom
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चाचा टॉम
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

العم توم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Дядя Том
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Uncle Tom
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চাচা টম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´oncle Tom
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Uncle Tom
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Onkel Tom
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アンクルトム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

톰 아저씨
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Uncle Tom
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Bác Tom
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாமா டாம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंकल टॉम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tom amca
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

zio Tom
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wuj Tom
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Дядя Том
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unchiul Tom
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Uncle Tom
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

oom Tom
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Onkel Tom
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

onkel Tom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Uncle Tom

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNCLE TOM»

The term «Uncle Tom» is regularly used and occupies the 75.146 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNCLE TOM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Uncle Tom

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNCLE TOM»

Discover the use of Uncle Tom in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Uncle Tom and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
A devoutly Christian slave becomes separated from his wife and family when he is sold to the brutal planter, Simon Legree.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
The story of American slavery and Uncle Tom, an African-American man who never lost his dignity under the most inhumane circumstances.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, 2003
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Uncle Tom Mania: Slavery, Minstrelsy, and Transatlantic ...
Tom-Mania looks at the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin and the songs, plays, sketches, translations and imitations it inspired.
Sarah Meer, 2005
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Uncle Tom's Cabin:
Look here, Uncle Tom," said he, turning his back to the shop, and speaking in a mysterious tone, "I've brought you my dollar!" "O! I couldn't think o' takin' on 't, Mas' r George, no ways in the world!" said Tom, quite moved. "But you shall take it!
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe, Moonstar, 2013
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Black Masculinity and the U. S. South: From Uncle Tom to Gangsta
To complicate matters, says Riché Richardson, blacks themselves appropriate these images for purposes never intended by their (mostly) white progenitors.
Riche Richardson, 2007
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Bring the Classics To Life. These novels have been adapted into 10 short chapters that will excite the reluctant reader as well as the enthusiastic one. Key words are defined and used in context.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Laura Solimene, 2008
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Uncle Tom's Cabin as Visual Culture
"Examines the artwork of Hammatt Billings, George Cruikshank, Winslow Homer, Eastman Johnson, Henry Ossawa Tanner, and Thomas Satterwhite Noble to show how, as Uncle Tom's Cabin gained popularity, visual strategies were used to coax the ...
Jo-Ann Morgan, 2007
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Uncle Tom's Children
Originally published in 1938, Uncle Tom's Children was the first book from Richard Wright, who would continue on to worldwide fame as the author of numerous works, most notably the acclaimed novel Native Son and his autobiography, Black Boy ...
Richard Wright, 2009
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Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Reading Revolution: Race, ...
A probing look at the afterlife of a classic American novel
Barbara Hochman, 2011
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Uncle Tom Andy Bill: A Story of Bears and Indian Treasure
Originally published in 1908, Uncle Tom Andy Bill relates the boisterous boyhood adventures of the narrator, Thomas Andrew William Addison.
Charles Major, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNCLE TOM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Uncle Tom is used in the context of the following news items.
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Charleston Heckler Calls CNN's Don Lemon And Obama 'Uncle Toms'
During a live segment Thursday in Charleston, South Carolina, following the church massacre there, a black woman heckled Lemon and CNN co-host John ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
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Harriet Beecher Stowe & "Uncle Tom's Cabin": Changing History …
Today in 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe published the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. Katherine Kane, Executive Director of the Harriet Beecher Stowe ... «Biography, Mar 15»
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'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' iconic novel on slavery, has suburban D.C. roots
But it's one that has a connection to one of the most successful and controversial books of the 19th century, the fictional “Uncle Tom's Cabin.” Indeed, it was an ... «McClatchy Washington Bureau, Feb 15»
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Dallas assistant DA threatens to have 'Uncle Tom' cops fired over his …
He called one of them — a black police sergeant — an “Uncle Tom” and told the officers they work for “a sad department” that is full of Ku Klux Klan members. «Raw Story, Jan 15»
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Rush Limbaugh Says 'Black Uncle Tom Voters' Boosted Thad …
"I wonder what the campaign slogan was in Mississippi the past couple days, Uncle Toms For Thad?" Limbaugh asked on Wednesday. "Cause I thought it was ... «Huffington Post, Jun 14»
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I 'Don't Give a Damn': Popular ESPN Commentator Goes on EPIC …
Despite being labeled an “Uncle Tom” and a “sellout” by some in the black community, Smith made it clear that he stands by what he said “100-fold.” “'Stephen ... «TheBlaze.com, May 14»
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Today in women's history: Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes "Uncle
On March 20, 1852, author Harriet Beecher Stowe published the best-selling novel of the 19th century - anti-slavery book Uncle Tom's Cabin. It story depicts the ... «People's World, Mar 14»
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Sorry About Calling You 'Uncle Tom'
Ex-Classmate: "Uncle Tom in its purest form, that's Larry Elder, you hate your own people, need your ass kicked. ... I remember you from Crenshaw High. «Town Hall, Jan 14»
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'Uncle Tom's Cabin' Inspired By Fugitive Slave, Professor Says
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A Clemson University professor is convinced that Harriet Beecher Stowe might not have written "Uncle Tom's Cabin" if it were not for a ... «Huffington Post, Sep 13»
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Hugh Douglas -- FIRED FROM ESPN ... Allegedly Called Co-Host …
Allegedly Called Co-Host 'Uncle Tom' ... has just been FIRED from his gig on an ESPN show in the wake of reports he called his co-host an "Uncle Tom." «TMZ.com, Aug 13»

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