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In some senses, black-and-white is marked as figuratively, idiomatic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
ginny, green, kind, live, long, obsolete, old, short
VERB + BLACK-AND-WHITE
ate, flickering, kept, reacts, watching, wore
BLACK-AND-WHITE + NOUN
cookie, eel-like, fare, freight, it's, motif, movie, person
PREP.
on, with
ADV.
sometimes
adj
Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey rather than shades of any other color.
Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey rather than color.
Classifying people, objects or concepts as two polar opposites, especially "right" and "wrong"; dichotomous and inflexible.
The pseudo-community of enemies in The Day the Earth Stood Still consists of politicians, the military, and businessmen, whereas the pseudo-community of friends, the element that complements the enemies and reinforces the black-and-white morality of paranoia (Cameron, "Revisited" 56), is composed of scientists, women, and children.
2008, Linus Torvalds, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140805134937/http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/706950 Re: [stable] Linux 2.6.25.10], LKML; quoted in: Bezpieczeństwo, Jacek Popławski, pl.comp.os.advocacy, Usenet Security people are often the black-and-white kind of people that I can't stand.
Alternative form of black and white (easily divided into diametrically opposing camps).
noun
Alternative form of black and white.
[T]he news bunny ran up to him, saying, "Officer, did you have trouble catching up with Batman? Was it an exciting chase?" The surfer cop struck a semi-heroic pose for the camera and said, "Weak sauce." Then he quickly walked Batman to the black-and-white, where he was put into the backseat.
The pseudo-community of enemies in The Day the Earth Stood Still consists of politicians, the military, and businessmen, whereas the pseudo-community of friends, the element that complements the enemi
Wiktionary2008, Linus Torvalds, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140805134937/http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/706950 Re: [stable] Linux 2.6.25.10], LKML; quoted in: Bezpieczeństwo, Jacek Popławski, pl
Wiktionary“It's complicated. Not everything is black-and-white, Ginny. Sometimes, it's just gray.” The disillusionment in Ginny's eyes hurt bone-deep. She was a black-and-white kind of person. Actions were eith
Wiktionary[T]he news bunny ran up to him, saying, "Officer, did you have trouble catching up with Batman? Was it an exciting chase?" The surfer cop struck a semi-heroic pose for the camera and said, "Weak sauce
WiktionaryIt's a black-and-white picture.
Tatoeba · #5236455He simply reacts to a black-and-white view of the world; he thinks you are either all for him or all against him.
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In some senses, black-and-white is marked as figuratively, idiomatic. Watch for register when choosing this word.