Uncle Tom
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
(ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites
MWE
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
?unassignedlast reviewed —
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- Tom
- plural
- Uncle Toms
- possessive
- Uncle Tom's
- pluralpossessive
- Uncle Toms'