Niggerism
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Political support for black people. dated, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur, uncountable
""We represent the majority of the people in Alabama who hate niggerism, Catholicism, Judaism, and all the -isms of the whole world." So said Robert Creel of the Alabama Klu Klux Klan. He also said, "I like Barry Goldwater. He needs our help.""
- 2 Something characteristic of black people. countable, dated, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur
"He loved their tricks of language, loved to pick up and feel and taste new words from their rich reservoir of niggerisms."
Example
More examples""We represent the majority of the people in Alabama who hate niggerism, Catholicism, Judaism, and all the -isms of the whole world." So said Robert Creel of the Alabama Klu Klux Klan. He also said, "I like Barry Goldwater. He needs our help.""
Etymology
From nigger + -ism.
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