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deniggerise

deniggerise is the alternative spelling of deniggerize.

Meaning of deniggerize

Verb

deniggerize (third-person singular simple present deniggerizes, present participle deniggerizing, simple past and past participle deniggerized)

  1. (offensive, sometimes, transitive) To raise (a black person, etc.) above the traditional negative racist stereotypes.
    • A broad spectrum of African-Americans have used education to deniggerize themselves […]1996, Carl Upchurch, Convicted in the womb: one man's journey from prisoner to peacemaker
  2. (offensive, sometimes, transitive) To free from black people or their influence.
    • In some areas black schools were integrated only after insulting efforts to 'deniggerize' the school were carried out (replacement of all toilet seats, fumigation of the school, etc.2010, Stuart Buck, Acting White: The Ironic Legacy of Desegregation, page 85

Forms of deniggerise

third-person singular presentdeniggerises
present participledeniggerising
past participledeniggerised
pastdeniggerised

Origin of deniggerise

From de- + niggerise.

Questions about deniggerise

What is deniggerise the alternative spelling of?
Deniggerise is the alternative spelling of deniggerize.

Words near deniggerise in the dictionary

  1. deniers
  2. denies
  3. denies of
  4. deniest
  5. denieth
  6. deniggerise
  7. deniggerised
  8. deniggerises
  9. deniggerising
  10. deniggerization
  11. deniggerize

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