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niggerise

niggerise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of niggerize.

Meaning of niggerize

Verb

niggerize (third-person singular simple present niggerizes, present participle niggerizing, simple past and past participle niggerized)

  1. (ethnic, offensive, slur, transitive) To subject to niggerization, (the act of dehumanizing black people, or other people in the manner of black people).
    • It's difficult to view only the addict as "sick" when a "normal" society is rotting: with racial conflict, with increasing poverty, with a school system niggerizing potentially creative minds, with obscene military spending and war aggression […]1971, Nicholas M. Regush, The Drug Addiction Business, page 126
  2. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur, transitive) To subject or expose to black people or their influence.
    • Educated with Negroes, studying and living on a social equality with them; returning to his native State and seeking to niggerize the public schools; dismissed in disgrace;1909, Walter Hines Page, The Southerner, page 328
  3. (ethnic, offensive, slur, transitive) To render someone or something to resemble the racist stereotype of a black person.
    • Instead their humor simply mocked situations without explaining them and the performers niggerized their material to please white audiences.1975 August, Ebony, volume 30, number 10, page 124
  4. (dated, offensive, transitive) To treat (wood) with paraffin or coke-oven coal tar in order to increase its acid resistance.
    • Niggerized wood is used almost interchangeably with paraffin-treated wood for acid tanks.1946, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Wood-Preservers' Association, page 261

Forms of niggerise

third-person singular presentniggerises
present participleniggerising
past participleniggerised
pastniggerised

Origin of niggerise

From nigger + -ise.

Words formed from niggerise

Questions about niggerise

What is niggerise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Niggerise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of niggerize.

Words near niggerise in the dictionary

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

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