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niggerization

niggerization noun: the usually systematic act of dehumanizing people, especially black people.

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
    • The basic goals of niggerization were to promote white greed and hatred […]2008, David Hilliard, The Black Panther Party: service to the people programs
  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
    • The United States Government, under Jewry, is committed to the increasing judaization and niggerization of our entire society.1977, The Liberty Bell - Volume 4, page 14

Examples of niggerization in a sentence

  • How do you shake the niggerization out of black people?2009, Cornel West, Hope on a Tightrope: Words and Wisdom:
  • Niggerization is a process; a degenerating progression used on anyone not just blacks.2012, K. L. Stubblefield, American Reprobate, page 137:
  • I'll stop the Niggerization of white folk jobs."2007, Ernest Dillard Sr., End Racism in the United States with a White Sword, page 47:

Synonyms of niggerization

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Forms of niggerization

alternative formniggerisation

Origin of niggerization

From nigger + -ization. First use of the sense meaning dehumanization appears c. 1969 in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Questions about niggerization

What does niggerization mean?
Niggerization means the usually systematic act of dehumanizing people, especially black people.
How do you use niggerization in a sentence?
How do you shake the niggerization out of black people?
What part of speech is niggerization?
Niggerization is a noun.

Words near niggerization in the dictionary

  1. niggerishness
  2. niggerising
  3. niggerism
  4. niggerisms
  5. niggeritis
  6. niggerization
  7. niggerize
  8. niggerized
  9. niggerizes
  10. niggerizing
  11. Niggerland

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