Uncle Tomn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌŋkl ˈtɒm/, U.S.

/ˌəŋkəl ˈtɑm/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Uncle Tom.

Etymology: < Uncle Tom, the name of the eponymous hero of Uncle Tom's Cabin, an anti-slavery novel (1851–2) by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–96).

Originally U.S. Now derogatory and offensive.

A. n.

A black man who is considered to be excessively obedient or servile to white people. Formerly also more neutrally: †a black male slave (obsolete). Also in extended use: a person resembling such a man in character or behaviour, esp. a person regarded as betraying his or her cultural or social allegiance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > in or as in black person > one who

Uncle Tom1852

handkerchief head1917

white nigger1937

1852 Daily Scioto (Ohio) Gaz. 19 May Instead of aggravating, by insensate clamor, the miseries of Uncle Tom's Cabin, in the land where the Uncle Toms have cabins..let them join in the holy crusade.

1878 Amer. Missionary Dec. 372 Men ask after the Uncle Toms of the South—ask if it is all imagination. By no means.

1922 A. P. Randolph in Messenger Oct. 500/1 It does not occur to the Old South that there is a ‘New Negro’; that the ‘Uncle Toms’ are passing.

1960 Encounter 14 ii. 39 The Negro officer isn't a ‘handkerchief head’, an Uncle Tom.

1972 M. J. Bosse Incident at Naha i. 37 Some people consider him an Uncle Tom because he doesn't study Afro-American culture.

1994 New Yorker 5 Sept. 101/2 ‘Marion Barry is not an Uncle Tom,’ she said. ‘He's not a yessir man.’

2003 KoreAm May 85/2 You're an Asian Uncle Tom. You're the reason that Asians get no respect in the media.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a black man who is considered to be excessively obedient or servile to white people, or a person resembling such a man (see sense A.). Also: designating such a person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective] > as black person

Uncle Tomish1859

Uncle Tom1928

1928 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 17 Sept. 9/3 He sang mammy songs with a quaver in his voice. He tottered across the stage in the best Uncle Tom manner.

1953 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang (1954) §579/2 ‘Straight jazz’,..schmaltz,..unadulterated corn, Uncle Tom music.

1971 Black Scholar Dec. 20 The harshest discrimination that I have encountered in the political arena is anti-feminism—from both males and brainwashed ‘Uncle Tom’ females.

2000 Sunday Times (Nexis) 27 Aug. Joe Frazier has never forgiven him for some of the things he said (including the baseless association of Frazier with Uncle Tom behaviour).

Derivatives

ˌUncle ˈTomish adj. (also Uncle Tommish)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective] > as black person

Uncle Tomish1859

Uncle Tom1928

1859 Sandusky (Ohio) Daily Reg. 6 June The Clermont Courier relates the following incident. It is decidedly Uncle Tom-ish.

1942 N.Y. Amsterdam Star-News 15 Aug. 15/5 Insensitive white authors..continue the vicious circle which has limited Negro actors to low comedy and ‘Uncle Tommish’ roles.

2010 Business Day (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 26 Aug. Uncle Tom-ish black journalists intent on pleasing their ‘white editors’.

ˌUncle ˈTomism n. (also Uncle Tommism) behaviour regarded as characteristic of a black man who is considered to be excessively obedient or servile to white people, or a person resembling such a man (see sense A.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > in or as in black person

Uncle Tommery1854

Uncle Tomism1863

Uncle Tomming1947

tomming1954

1863 Odd Fellows' Mag. Oct. 212 The wife of such a party is generally in such a prostrate state of social and mental ‘Uncle Tomism’, that she dare not even indulge in the universal suffrage assertion of declaring her soul to be her own.

1937 C. Himes in Black on Black 132 Uncle Tomism, acceptance, toadying—all there in its most rugged form. One way to be a nigger.

1967 Listener 23 Feb. 264/2 Not all Jews will like it, though. One of my acquaintance finds it patronizing and demeaning, the Jewish equivalent of Uncle Tommism.

2012 Guardian (Nexis) 21 Jan. 45 There is a contemptible element of Uncle Tom-ism about using the voice of a traditionally downtrodden industrial class to make some globalised conglomerate sound unthreatening.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Uncle Tomv.

Brit.

/ˌʌŋkl ˈtɒm/, U.S.

/ˌəŋkəl ˈtɑm/

Inflections: Present participle Uncle Tomming, Uncle Toming; past tense and past participle Uncle Tommed, Uncle Tomed;

Forms: also with lower-case initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: Uncle Tom n.

Etymology: < Uncle Tom n.

Originally U.S. Now derogatory and offensive.

1. intransitive. To act in a manner characteristic of a black man who is considered to be excessively obedient or servile to white people, or a person resembling such a man; spec. to be excessively obedient or servile. Also transitive with it in the same sense. Cf. Uncle Tom n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > servility > be servile [verb (intransitive)] > be servile as black person

Uncle Tom1933

tom1963

1933 Pittsburgh Courier 18 Mar. 10/4 Negroes responsible for the ballyhoo about conditions being so good down South..are merely Uncle Tomming in the hope that it will please the white folks.

1960 New Left Rev. Nov. 49/1 Armstrong's clowning is just Depressing. It isn't that he ‘uncle toms’ but that the act is so automatic and lifeless.

1968 New Yorker 17 Aug. 21 The guests will be arriving any minute now. Please, Amanda, try to Uncle Tom it a little just for tonight.

1979 N.Y. Times 12 Feb. b13/1 To tell women that if they just behave nicer, if they shuffle and Uncle Tom a little more, that they will be more successful, is simply not accurate.

2000 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 5 June 12 Their libertarian schtick is pure aspirational vaudeville that plays to the gallery. They put on a show, and it's brilliant, so why does one feel they're Uncle Tom-ing it?

2. transitive. To act as an Uncle Tom towards (a person or group of people).

ΚΠ

1947 S. Lewis Kingsblood Royal xxix. 179 Ain't but one way to handle a white man: uncle-tom him.

1986 T. Wood Fool's Gold i. 2 I guessed he was the camp bully. There's one on most sites and most men avoid trouble by Uncle Tomming him to death.

Derivatives

ˌUncle ˈTomming adj. and n. (also Uncle Toming)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > in or as in black person

Uncle Tommery1854

Uncle Tomism1863

Uncle Tomming1947

tomming1954

1947 S. Lewis Kingsblood Royal x. 52 Why, you gold-digging, uncle-tomming, old, black he-courtesan!

1950 H. Patterson & E. Conrad Scottsboro Boy iii. iv. 219 The prisoners clowned for the white folks... It looked like a lot of Uncle Tom-ing to me, and I didn't enjoy seeing whites laugh at the coloured guys' pranks.

2014 Observer (Nexis) 12 Oct. 46 It is true that some ‘Uncle Tomming’ is required to please the white clientele.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	uncle tom
释义	Uncle Tomn.adj. Brit. /ˌʌŋkl ˈtɒm/, U.S. /ˌəŋkəl ˈtɑm/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Uncle Tom. Etymology: < Uncle Tom, the name of the eponymous hero of Uncle Tom's Cabin, an anti-slavery novel (1851–2) by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–96). Originally U.S. Now derogatory and offensive. A. n. A black man who is considered to be excessively obedient or servile to white people. Formerly also more neutrally: †a black male slave (obsolete). Also in extended use: a person resembling such a man in character or behaviour, esp. a person regarded as betraying his or her cultural or social allegiance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > in or as in black person > one who Uncle Tom1852 handkerchief head1917 white nigger1937 1852 Daily Scioto (Ohio) Gaz. 19 May Instead of aggravating, by insensate clamor, the miseries of Uncle Tom's Cabin, in the land where the Uncle Toms have cabins..let them join in the holy crusade. 1878 Amer. Missionary Dec. 372 Men ask after the Uncle Toms of the South—ask if it is all imagination. By no means. 1922 A. P. Randolph in Messenger Oct. 500/1 It does not occur to the Old South that there is a ‘New Negro’; that the ‘Uncle Toms’ are passing. 1960 Encounter 14 ii. 39 The Negro officer isn't a ‘handkerchief head’, an Uncle Tom. 1972 M. J. Bosse Incident at Naha i. 37 Some people consider him an Uncle Tom because he doesn't study Afro-American culture. 1994 New Yorker 5 Sept. 101/2 ‘Marion Barry is not an Uncle Tom,’ she said. ‘He's not a yessir man.’ 2003 KoreAm May 85/2 You're an Asian Uncle Tom. You're the reason that Asians get no respect in the media. B. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a black man who is considered to be excessively obedient or servile to white people, or a person resembling such a man (see sense A.). Also: designating such a person. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective] > as black person Uncle Tomish1859 Uncle Tom1928 1928 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 17 Sept. 9/3 He sang mammy songs with a quaver in his voice. He tottered across the stage in the best Uncle Tom manner. 1953 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang (1954) §579/2 ‘Straight jazz’,..schmaltz,..unadulterated corn, Uncle Tom music. 1971 Black Scholar Dec. 20 The harshest discrimination that I have encountered in the political arena is anti-feminism—from both males and brainwashed ‘Uncle Tom’ females. 2000 Sunday Times (Nexis) 27 Aug. Joe Frazier has never forgiven him for some of the things he said (including the baseless association of Frazier with Uncle Tom behaviour). Derivatives ˌUncle ˈTomish adj. (also Uncle Tommish) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective] > as black person Uncle Tomish1859 Uncle Tom1928 1859 Sandusky (Ohio) Daily Reg. 6 June The Clermont Courier relates the following incident. It is decidedly Uncle Tom-ish. 1942 N.Y. Amsterdam Star-News 15 Aug. 15/5 Insensitive white authors..continue the vicious circle which has limited Negro actors to low comedy and ‘Uncle Tommish’ roles. 2010 Business Day (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 26 Aug. Uncle Tom-ish black journalists intent on pleasing their ‘white editors’. ˌUncle ˈTomism n. (also Uncle Tommism) behaviour regarded as characteristic of a black man who is considered to be excessively obedient or servile to white people, or a person resembling such a man (see sense A.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > in or as in black person Uncle Tommery1854 Uncle Tomism1863 Uncle Tomming1947 tomming1954 1863 Odd Fellows' Mag. Oct. 212 The wife of such a party is generally in such a prostrate state of social and mental ‘Uncle Tomism’, that she dare not even indulge in the universal suffrage assertion of declaring her soul to be her own. 1937 C. Himes in Black on Black 132 Uncle Tomism, acceptance, toadying—all there in its most rugged form. One way to be a nigger. 1967 Listener 23 Feb. 264/2 Not all Jews will like it, though. One of my acquaintance finds it patronizing and demeaning, the Jewish equivalent of Uncle Tommism. 2012 Guardian (Nexis) 21 Jan. 45 There is a contemptible element of Uncle Tom-ism about using the voice of a traditionally downtrodden industrial class to make some globalised conglomerate sound unthreatening. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Uncle Tomv. Brit. /ˌʌŋkl ˈtɒm/, U.S. /ˌəŋkəl ˈtɑm/ Inflections: Present participle Uncle Tomming, Uncle Toming; past tense and past participle Uncle Tommed, Uncle Tomed; Forms: also with lower-case initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: Uncle Tom n. Etymology: < Uncle Tom n. Originally U.S. Now derogatory and offensive. 1. intransitive. To act in a manner characteristic of a black man who is considered to be excessively obedient or servile to white people, or a person resembling such a man; spec. to be excessively obedient or servile. Also transitive with it in the same sense. Cf. Uncle Tom n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > be servile [verb (intransitive)] > be servile as black person Uncle Tom1933 tom1963 1933 Pittsburgh Courier 18 Mar. 10/4 Negroes responsible for the ballyhoo about conditions being so good down South..are merely Uncle Tomming in the hope that it will please the white folks. 1960 New Left Rev. Nov. 49/1 Armstrong's clowning is just Depressing. It isn't that he ‘uncle toms’ but that the act is so automatic and lifeless. 1968 New Yorker 17 Aug. 21 The guests will be arriving any minute now. Please, Amanda, try to Uncle Tom it a little just for tonight. 1979 N.Y. Times 12 Feb. b13/1 To tell women that if they just behave nicer, if they shuffle and Uncle Tom a little more, that they will be more successful, is simply not accurate. 2000 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 5 June 12 Their libertarian schtick is pure aspirational vaudeville that plays to the gallery. They put on a show, and it's brilliant, so why does one feel they're Uncle Tom-ing it? 2. transitive. To act as an Uncle Tom towards (a person or group of people). ΚΠ 1947 S. Lewis Kingsblood Royal xxix. 179 Ain't but one way to handle a white man: uncle-tom him. 1986 T. Wood Fool's Gold i. 2 I guessed he was the camp bully. There's one on most sites and most men avoid trouble by Uncle Tomming him to death. Derivatives ˌUncle ˈTomming adj. and n. (also Uncle Toming) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > in or as in black person Uncle Tommery1854 Uncle Tomism1863 Uncle Tomming1947 tomming1954 1947 S. Lewis Kingsblood Royal x. 52 Why, you gold-digging, uncle-tomming, old, black he-courtesan! 1950 H. Patterson & E. Conrad Scottsboro Boy iii. iv. 219 The prisoners clowned for the white folks... It looked like a lot of Uncle Tom-ing to me, and I didn't enjoy seeing whites laugh at the coloured guys' pranks. 2014 Observer (Nexis) 12 Oct. 46 It is true that some ‘Uncle Tomming’ is required to please the white clientele. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1852v.1933
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