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incognegro

incognegro adjective: hiding one's blackness.

Adjective

incognegro (not comparable)

  1. Hiding one's blackness.
    • By Malik's words I knew I had shed my incognegro shell. What was emerging was a black man, a strong black man.1995 September 20, R. A. Frederick, “Section 18”, in In-cog-negro, E & O Press, →ISBN, page 133
    • Incognegro: From Black Power to Apartheid and Back2007, Frank B. Wilderson, III, Incognegro: From Black Power to Apartheid and Back, Beacon Press, →ISBN, page title

Origin of incognegro

Blend of incognito + negro.

Questions about incognegro

What does incognegro mean?
Incognegro means hiding one's blackness.
What part of speech is incognegro?
Incognegro is an adjective.

Words near incognegro in the dictionary

  1. incogitancy
  2. incogitant
  3. incogitantly
  4. incogitative
  5. incogitativity
  6. incognegro
  7. incognisable
  8. incognisance
  9. incognisant
  10. incognita
  11. incognitant

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