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negroize

negroize verb: to make negro; to convert or adapt to the ways or norms of black people.

Verb

negroize (third-person singular simple present negroizes, present participle negroizing, simple past and past participle negroized)

  1. (dated, transitive) To make negro; to convert or adapt to the ways or norms of black people.
    Synonyms:
    negrify, negrofy

Synonyms of negroize

Forms of negroize

third-person singular presentnegroizes
present participlenegroizing
past participlenegroized
pastnegroized

Origin of negroize

From negro + -ize.

Questions about negroize

What does negroize mean?
Negroize means to make negro; to convert or adapt to the ways or norms of black people.
What part of speech is negroize?
Negroize is a verb.
What is the past tense of negroize?
The past tense of negroize is negroized.

Words near negroize in the dictionary

  1. negroids
  2. negroish
  3. negroism
  4. negroisms
  5. negroization
  6. negroize
  7. negroized
  8. negroizes
  9. negroizing
  10. Negroland
  11. negrolatry

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