negroism
negroism noun: a behaviour, speech pattern, etc. characteristic of black people.
Noun
negroism (plural negroisms)
- A behaviour, speech pattern, etc. characteristic of black people.
- Most white children have negresses for nurses, and negro children for playmates. The first accents are caught from them, and the first efforts of speech are negroisms, the most corrupt of patoise.1832, Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, The New-England Magazine, volume 3, page 487
- When I pitched headforemost into the world I landed in the crib of negroism. From the earliest rocking of my cradle, I had known about the capers Brer Rabbit is apt to cut and what the Squinch Owl says from the house top.1935, Zora Neale Hurston, Mules and Men
Forms of negroism
| plural | negroisms |
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Origin of negroism
From negro + -ism.
Questions about negroism
- What does negroism mean?
- Negroism means a behaviour, speech pattern, etc. characteristic of black people.
- What part of speech is negroism?
- Negroism is a noun.
- What is the plural of negroism?
- The plural of negroism is negroisms.
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