blaxploitation

noun

blax·​ploi·​ta·​tion ˌblak-(ˌ)splȯi-ˈtā-shən How to pronounce blaxploitation (audio)
: the exploitation of Black people by producers of Black-oriented films
often used before another noun
blaxploitation movies

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Dixon's first feature film as director was the blaxploitation thriller Trouble Man. Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 8 June 2025 Talking about the title Who’s the Man, was that taken from blaxploitation flicks? Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019 Brewer helmed his first biopic with 2019's Dolemite Is My Name, which starred Eddie Murphy as blaxploitation legend Rudy Ray Moore. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 6 June 2025 Ganja & Hess centers on an anthropologist who turns vampire after being stabbed with a cursed dagger, but Gunn was not interested in appeasing the capitalist appetite for another blaxploitation piece in the early ’70s. Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blaxploitation

Word History

Etymology

blend of blax- (alteration of blacks) and exploitation

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of blaxploitation was in 1972

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“Blaxploitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blaxploitation. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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