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deniggerizing

deniggerizing is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about deniggerizing

What is deniggerizing the present participle and gerund of?
Deniggerizing is the present participle and gerund of deniggerize.

Words near deniggerizing in the dictionary

  1. deniggerising
  2. deniggerization
  3. deniggerize
  4. deniggerized
  5. deniggerizes
  6. deniggerizing
  7. denigrate
  8. denigrated
  9. denigrates
  10. denigrating
  11. denigration

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