Negroness

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English

Etymology

From Negro +‎ -ness.

Noun

Negroness (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly US) The state of quality of being of black African origin, or of having qualities, experiences etc. characteristic of black people.
    • 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Amistad, published 2013, page 144:
      he was cruel to those more negroid than herself in direct ratio to their negroness.