Negroism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A behaviour, speech pattern, etc. characteristic of black people. dated, offensive

    "Most white children have negresses for nurses, and negro children for playmates. The first accents are caught from them, and the first efforts of speech are negroisms, the most corrupt of patoise."

Example

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"Most white children have negresses for nurses, and negro children for playmates. The first accents are caught from them, and the first efforts of speech are negroisms, the most corrupt of patoise."

Etymology

From negro + -ism.

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