negrificationn.
/ˌniːɡrᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌniɡrəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ Sometimes depreciative.
The action or fact of increasing the number or influence of black people in a country, industry, etc.; (originally) spec. alteration in the ethnic composition of a population as a result of this.See usage note at Negro n. 1a.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > making black in character
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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > black person > [noun] > making or becoming
negroization1898
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1913 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 43 401 The same ancient ‘negrification’ that is to be seen in so much of the North African population and in that of Egypt.
1929 Nation (N.Y.) 9 Jan. 56 At the beginning of 1928 it seemed as if an end would be made to the slave traffic and the ‘negrification’ of Cuba, when the Government decided to restrict the output of sugar to 4,000,000 tons per year.
1962 Economist 7 Apr. 28/2 Some young Belgian technicians have complained of the effects of ‘negrification’.
1966 P. Green tr. R. Escarpit Novel Computer vi. 76 Suppose..you were asked to join a revolt..to save the Western world from materialism and Arabo-Marxist negrification.
1983 E. S. Turner in Listener 4 Aug. 23/3 Edward Marsh, a man hard to keep down, complained about American ragtime and the ‘negrification’ of polite society.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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