as in poetry
writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response
the traditional forms of German minstrelsy
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And those fans, like him, dismissed the notion that the team’s on-court antics crossed the line from comedy to minstrelsy, as many critics had opined over the years.
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David Aldridge, The Athletic, 11 Feb. 2025
Henry counted among her influences American minstrelsy, European clowning traditions, and her own collection of African masks.
—News Desk, Artforum, 22 Oct. 2024
Characters like Felix and Oswald have kind of an unfortunate connection to theater insofar as they’re associated with blackface minstrelsy—the notoriously racist form of stage performance where actors would blacken their faces, wear white gloves, and perform clownish antics.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 9 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Blackface minstrelsy took hold in New York City in the 1830s and became popular among post-Civil War whites, though it was regarded as offensive to Black people from the beginning of its use.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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David Aldridge, The Athletic, 11 Feb. 2025
Henry counted among her influences American minstrelsy, European clowning traditions, and her own collection of African masks.
—News Desk, Artforum, 22 Oct. 2024
Characters like Felix and Oswald have kind of an unfortunate connection to theater insofar as they’re associated with blackface minstrelsy—the notoriously racist form of stage performance where actors would blacken their faces, wear white gloves, and perform clownish antics.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 9 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Blackface minstrelsy took hold in New York City in the 1830s and became popular among post-Civil War whites, though it was regarded as offensive to Black people from the beginning of its use.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minstrelsy
poetry
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Velasco advised a student with a talent for poetry to apply for the Oskar Knoblauch Holocaust Impact Video Contest using one of his poems.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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But Enyedi is a master stylist who knows how to create a certain mood, mixing visual poetry with deadpan humor, and big ideas with quotidian foibles, in a film that explores our mysterious relationship with both the green world and one another.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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