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Meaning of niggerize | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To subject to niggerization, (the act of dehumanizing black people, or other people in the manner of black people).
    ethnic, offensive, slur, transitive
  2. To subject or expose to black people or their influence.
    derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur, transitive
  3. To render someone or something to resemble the racist stereotype of a black person.
    ethnic, offensive, slur, transitive
  4. To treat (wood) with paraffin or coke-oven coal tar in order to increase its acid resistance.
    dated, offensive, transitive

Examples

“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 […]”
“If you need to niggerize, go and get yourself a passel of spades. We ain't niggers.”
“We cannot niggerize half the peoples of the world.”
“The destruction of the downtrodden, Black people is an ongoing melee, when White racists have continued to niggerize Black people with their racist laws, their racist customs and racist practices.”
“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;”
“And if the Angle-Saxtons was to stand fur that, purty soon they would be sociable equality. And next the hull dern country would be niggerized”
“Dinkins appointed a white traitor as police commissioner who has announced his top priority is to niggerize the police department by hiring more savages.”
“"[…] to niggerize our very excellent institution,” ranted a segregationist member of St. Philip's congregation.”
“Instead their humor simply mocked situations without explaining them and the performers niggerized their material to please white audiences.”
“But if the white population continues to diminish, and become more niggerized, a more niggerized Christ will also come into being.”
“C'mon, Foy, do it right this time. I know you're only five, but niggerize the hell out of this one.”
“Niggerized wood is used almost interchangeably with paraffin-treated wood for acid tanks.”
“The "Asidbar" treatment referred to in the subject report appears to be a refinement of the so-called "Niggerizing" treatment which was in some use during the early part of the recent war.”
“Coal tar is the preferred treating material and heartwood of bald cypress or southern yellow pine the preferred wood for niggerizing.”

CEFR level

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

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