Gypsies

E6221
ethnonym exonym

Gypsies is a widely used but often considered pejorative exonym historically applied to the Romani people, a traditionally itinerant ethnic group with origins in the Indian subcontinent and a long presence across Europe and beyond.

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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
Gypsies canonical 4
Romani people 2
British Gypsies 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnonym ⓘ
exonym ⓘ
associatedWith anti-Romani sentiment ⓘ
discrimination ⓘ
stereotypes ⓘ
basedOnMistakenBelief Romani people came from Egypt ⓘ
consideredByMany offensive term ⓘ
discouragedBy Romani advocacy organizations ⓘ
many style guides ⓘ
discouragedIn academic writing ⓘ
human rights discourse ⓘ
etymologicallyLinkedTo Egyptians ⓘ
hasConnotation pejorative ⓘ
historicallyAppliedTo Romani diaspora beyond Europe ⓘ
Romani groups across Europe ⓘ
historicallyUsedFor Romani communities in Europe ⓘ
traditionally itinerant ethnic group ⓘ
historicallyUsedIn Central Europe ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
isDescribedAs historically applied term ⓘ
widely used term ⓘ
linkedTo fortune-telling stereotype ⓘ
nomadic lifestyle stereotype ⓘ
vagrancy laws in Europe ⓘ
misappliedTo non-Romani travellers ⓘ
other itinerant groups ⓘ
oftenContrastedWith Roma ⓘ
Romani ⓘ
surface form: Romani people
recognizedAs ethnic slur in some contexts ⓘ
refersTo Romani ⓘ
surface form: Romani people
relatedConcept anti-Gypsyism ⓘ
relatedTo Romani origins in Indian subcontinent ⓘ
replacedByPreferredTerm Roma ⓘ
Romani ⓘ
subjectOf debates on ethnic terminology ⓘ
discussions on hate speech ⓘ
language policy guidelines ⓘ
usageVariesBy country ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
speaker intention ⓘ
usedIn English language ⓘ
European languages ⓘ
usedInLegalOrHistoricalDocuments historical census records ⓘ
older European legislation ⓘ
usedInPopularCulture film ⓘ
literature ⓘ
music ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roma → hasSubgroup → Gypsies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romanichal
Roma → hasExonym → Gypsies ⓘ
Roma → hasExonym → Gypsies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gipsies
Roma → hasExonym → Gypsies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tsigane
Roma → hasExonym → Gypsies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gitano
Roma → hasExonym → Gypsies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cigan
Roma → hasExonym → Gypsies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cigano
Roma → hasExonym → Gypsies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romani people
Sinti → subgroupOf → Gypsies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romani people
LiberationOfAuschwitz → perpetratedAgainst → Gypsies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roma and Sinti
Xoraxane Roma → exonym → Gypsies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turkish Gypsies
Romani → exonym → Gypsies ⓘ
Roma people → alsoKnownAs → Gypsies ⓘ
Josef Koudelka → notableWork → Gypsies ⓘ
Josef Koudelka → photographicSeries → Gypsies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gypsies series
Romanichal → hasExonym → Gypsies ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Gypsies
Romanichal → hasExonym → Gypsies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romany Gypsies
Romanichal → hasExonym → Gypsies ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Gypsies
Bohemian FC → nickname → Gypsies ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Gypsies