DWEM
noun[C]
informal(alsoDwem)uk/dwem/us/dwem/abbreviationforDeadWhiteEuropeanMale: amalewriteror otherfamouspersonwho may behighlyrespectedbecause he was awhiteman who is nolongeralive,ratherthan because hisworkdeservesmorerespectthan that ofothers:
已过世的欧洲白人男性（已去世的男性作家或其他著名人物因为是白人而备受尊敬，而不是因为其作品比其他人更值得尊敬，Dead White European Male 的缩写）Thebookshighschoolstudentsin thecitywererequiredtoreadwere all written by DWEMs.全市中学生必须阅读的书籍都是已过世的欧洲白人男性的作品。
- It ispossiblenow to go through thewholecollegeliberalartscoursewithouteverreadingShakespeare (a DWEM).
- Heseemstobelievethat the onlypeoplewhomatterin thehistoryofhumancultureare the DWEMs.
- Theydemandedthat,insteadof onlystudyingtheworkofdeadwhiteEuropeanmales(or Dwems),Englishstudentsshould beofferedmorerelevanttextsbywritersoutsidetheusualcanon.