missing white woman syndrome

English

Noun

missing white woman syndrome (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) The disproportionate media coverage of a missing person or similar case involving a young, white, upper-middle-class woman, contrasted with lesser coverage of males, non-white ethnicities, etc.

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