Chicanx

or chi·ca·nx

[ chi-kah-neks, ‐-kan-eks ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Mexican Americans or their culture (used in place of the masculine form Chicano , the feminine form Chicana , or the gender-binary form Chican@ ):

   The class studied several novels by Chicanx authors.

noun

, plural Chi·ca·nxs [chi-, kah, -nek-siz, ‐-, kan, -ek‐], (especially collectively) Chi·ca·nx.

1. a Mexican American (used in place of the masculine form Chicano , the feminine form Chicana , or the gender-binary form Chican@ ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of Chicanx¹

First recorded in 2000–05; Chican(a) ( def ) or Chican(o) ( def ) + x ³( def ) in the sense “unknown quantity or variable”; Chican@ ( def )

Example Sentences

For Chicanx artists in the 1970s, working with few resources and little institutional support, the body was an elemental material.

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On the whole, his work queered Chicanx culture while also Chicanx-izing queer culture.

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He is a budding queer icon among icons, a Chicanx body inhabiting the body of L.A. in funny, subversive ways.

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Collectively, their images capture the ways Chicanx artists have seized upon stylized self-presentation as a way of countering racism and exclusion.

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“Xican-a.o.x. Body,” as the curators point out in the catalog’s introductory essay, is not a comprehensive art historical survey of the Chicanx body in art.

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