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Meaning of negritude | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈnɛɡɹɪˌt͡ʃuːd

Definitions

The fact of being of black African descent, especially a conscious pride in the values, cultural identity etc. of African heritage; blackness.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Esperanto negreco
Español negritud
Français négritude
Italiano negritudine
Português negritude
Română negritudine

Examples

“Negritude is not wearing turbans and fezzes, though these may be quite alluring.”
“Long before Negritude had become a war-cry among the Black intellectuals of the Left Bank, Caribbean writers had been composing verses in French that were purely derivative, evoking the Parnassian and neo-Romantic influences of the end of the last century.”
“In order to explain this morality in action of negritude, I must go back a little.”
“Another important thing about “CLR,” as he was known in our little movement, was his disdainful opposition to any Third World fetishism or half-baked negritude.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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