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niggerisation

niggerisation is the alternative spelling of niggerization.

Meaning of niggerization

Noun

niggerization (usually uncountable, plural not attested)

  1. (ethnic, no plural, offensive, slur, usually) The usually systematic act of dehumanizing people, especially black people.
    • First, there was urgent need for indentured labour, then the need to keep this labour force permanent; the denial of education at first, and later such facilities were made available but on the condition of proselytization and indoctrination, deculturization, dehumanization and niggerization.1980, Piare Lal Sharma, India betrayed
  2. (no plural, offensive, usually) The act or process of exposing or subjecting to black people or their influence.
    • The reply was to call the republicans the party of "taxation and niggerization," as J. Sterling Morton named them in the Nebraska City News.1904, Addison Erwin Sheldon, Semi-centennial History of Nebraska, page 97

Questions about niggerisation

What is niggerisation the alternative spelling of?
Niggerisation is the alternative spelling of niggerization.

Words near niggerisation in the dictionary

  1. niggerhoods
  2. Niggeria
  3. Niggerian
  4. Niggerians
  5. niggering
  6. niggerisation
  7. niggerise
  8. niggerised
  9. niggerises
  10. niggerish
  11. niggerishly

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