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单词 niggerati
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niggeratin.

Brit. /ˌnɪɡəˈrɑːti/, U.S. /ˌnɪɡəˈrɑdi/
Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: nigger n., literati n.
Etymology: Blend of nigger n. and literati n. Compare -erati comb. form, -ati comb. form.The coinage of the term is usually attributed to Zora Neale Hurston, a member of the group (but see quot. 1940), and it is not generally seen as being derogatory or offensive. Compare:1934 Z. N. Hurston Let. 12 May in Life in Lett. (2002) 304 It is utterly scorned by the ‘Niggerati’ (Negro literati, a word I coined in my 1927 undergraduate days).
Now historical.
With plural or (occasionally) singular agreement. (An informal name for) a group of African-American writers who flourished during the Harlem Renaissance (see Harlem Renaissance n. at Harlem n. Additions); (in extended use) any black literary or society elite.
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1932 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 20 Apr. 4/3 Harlem has fomented its own intelligentsia. Along Lenox Avenue impolite sneerers call it the niggerati.
1940 L. Hughes Big Sea ii. 238 With his bitter sense of humor, he [sc. Wallace Thurman] called the Harlem literati, the ‘niggerati’. Of this ‘niggerati’, Zora Neale Hurston was certainly the most amusing.
1987 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Apr. 410/4 In 1936, when the ‘niggerati’ were no longer fashionable, she published their work.
2000 D. Adebayo My Once upon Time (2001) vii. 153 Could she really not see beyond her pumped-up little world? ‘The niggerati ain't the only bunch that's saying something, you know,’ I growled.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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