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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The fact of being of black African descent, especially a conscious pride in the values, cultural identity etc. of African heritage; blackness. countable, uncountable

   "Negritude is not wearing turbans and fezzes, though these may be quite alluring."

2. 2
   an ideological position that holds Black culture to be independent and valid on its own terms; an affirmation of the African cultural heritage wordnet

Example

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"Negritude is not wearing turbans and fezzes, though these may be quite alluring."

Etymology

From French négritude (coined by Aimé Césaire), from nègre (“Negro”) + -itude.

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