Negroism

American  

[nee-groh-iz-uhm] / ˈni groʊˌɪz əm /

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

1. the doctrine or advocacy of equal rights for Black people.

2. a quality or manner, as a speech pattern or pronunciation, considered characteristic of Black people.

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Sensitive Note

See Black ¹.

Other Word Forms

• anti-Negroism noun

Etymology

Origin of Negroism

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; Negro + -ism

Example Sentences

And yet the ballet was intensely modern; always you were aware that Derain had been right through the movement—through Fauvism, Negroism, Cubism.

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