单词 | negromania |
释义 | negromanian. Originally and chiefly U.S. (depreciative). Now historical. See usage note at Negro n. 1a. 1. = negrophobia n. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > racism > fear or prejudice on grounds of colour negromania1783 negrophobia1819 colourphobia1834 colour prejudice1841 anti-blackness1967 1783 B. Rush Let. 28 Nov. in Jrnl. Amer. Stud. (1967) 1 20 In South Carolina the negromania (for it is certainly a species of madness) still prevails. 1969 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 30 418 A form of madness,..negromania had before the Revolution affected people in all parts of the country. 2. Zealous or enthusiastic advocacy of the rights of black people, esp. in the United States before the abolition of slavery. Later also: extravagant enthusiasm for the culture, artistic styles, etc., of black people. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > advocacy of black rights or interests > excessive liking for black people negromania1851 1851 J. Campbell (title) Negro-mania: being an examination of the falsely assumed equality of the various races of men. 1865 Harper's Mag. Mar. 477/2 Our people..are as free from negromania as from negrophobia. 1885 Catholic World Aug. 672 Bear in mind that negromania is the watchword and badge, not to say the boast, of the Republican party. 1994 H. Williams Dock Leaves 7 1925. Paris passes from high Anglophilia to unbridled Negromania. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1783 |
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