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niggerness

niggerness noun: the state or period of being a nigger (all senses).

Noun

niggerness (uncountable)

  1. (offensive) The state or period of being a nigger (all senses).
    • Now if this scourge, this blues, this niggerness is so terrible; if it has been inflicted upon us for all these years; if it has infected the whole social and political body of this country and damaged its soul in the process, and if we have survived because we were “too damn mean to cry,”—not only...1967 August, Johnson Publishing Company, Black World/Negro Digest, Johnson Publishing Company, page 16
    • The new millennium brings a new appreciation of niggerness not as resistance but collective embrace. Moreover, much like the Pet Rock or Pokémon fads that have captivated commercialized America, Dela declares that blackface has a craze that sweeps the nation.2005 December 2, Harry Justin Elam, Kennell A. Jackson, Kennell Jackson, Black Cultural Traffic: Crossroads in Global Performance and Popular Culture, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, →LCCN...

Examples of niggerness in a sentence

  • We shouldn't ever forget the experiences of niggerness—the whole range of it.1967 August, Johnson Publishing Company, Black World/Negro Digest, Johnson Publishing Company, page 16:
  • Because to them it was only as if you were hiding your long black snake-writhing niggerness under your clothes while showing another color in your face, camouflaging yourself like a lizard.2012 September 19, Albert Murray, South to a Very Old Place, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC:

Synonyms of niggerness

Origin of niggerness

From nigger + -ness.

Questions about niggerness

What does niggerness mean?
Niggerness means the state or period of being a nigger (all senses).
How do you use niggerness in a sentence?
We shouldn't ever forget the experiences of niggerness—the whole range of it.
What part of speech is niggerness?
Niggerness is a noun.

Words near niggerness in the dictionary

  1. niggerlover
  2. niggerlovers
  3. niggerly
  4. niggerman
  5. niggermen
  6. niggerness
  7. niggerologist
  8. niggerologists
  9. niggerology
  10. niggerosity
  11. niggerous

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