Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blackify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: black-i-fy
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To convert (e.g. a country, a group, etc) to the black race or culture.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Her France seems to her undoubtedly blackified [translating negrificada] and Jewish."
"There is another theme to some studies of whiteness by white feminists, and it borders on an assertion that We Are Other, Too. It is the implication that femaleness blackifies, that because a white person or group is female that person or group does not partake of white privilege to the same degree as do white males."

Etymology

From black + -ify.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: black

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

blackifies (present, singular) blackifying (participle, present) blackified (participle, past) blackified (past)

Frequently Paired Words

blacken blackwash negrofy

Questions

What does blackify mean?: To convert (e.g. a country, a group, etc) to the black race or culture.
Where does blackify come from?: From black + -ify.

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