Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blackenization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: black-eniza-tion
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of making or becoming more black (i.e. of African descent) or more characteristic of black culture.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"White entertainers like Eddie Cantor (left) cashed in on the blackenization of White America by imitating Black minstrels in blackface."
"Today's blackenization, if you will, of the prisons only exacerbates racist proclivities in nonblack Americans to associate black people with wrong."
"By far the most important event for launching the Pentecostal movement, the 1906-9 Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles, was led by a black preacher, William Seymour. Thus, tongue speaking and other Pentecostal practices can be interpreted, at least in part, as a 'blackenization' of evangelicalism."

Etymology

From blacken + -ization.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: blacken

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does blackenization mean?: The process of making or becoming more black (i.e. of African descent) or more characteristic of black culture.
Where does blackenization come from?: From blacken + -ization.

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