niggerhood

English

Etymology

nigger + -hood

Noun

niggerhood (uncountable)

  1. (sometimes offensive) The state or period of being a nigger.
    • 1972, George E Kent, Blackness and the adventure of Western culture‎
      But this time, black literature will be pressed to meet also the cry that is abroad for images of a positive niggerhood.
    • 2001, Steve Yarbrough, Visible spirits‎
      He still believed that folks who held a fortune could rise above niggerhood.

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