bichromatism

English

Etymology

From bi- +‎ chromatism.

Noun

bichromatism (uncountable)

1. The condition of being bichromatic.
2. (pathology) The condition of being partially color blind.
3. The tendency to view events from the perspective of two-race relationship.
   • 1999, Martha Hodes, editor, Sex, Love, Race: Crossing Boundaries in North American History‎^[1]:

     These are the pioneers of the suppressed and scorned Americans who dared to oppose the relentless bichromatism that entrapped white and black Americans alike.