Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

negrolatry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ne-gro-la-try
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excessive admiration and respect for people of African descent.

Offensive; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"1862, Russell, Times, The Conservative masses, which lie between negrolatry or nigger-worship and Secession."
"Many readers will go further and hail him as an unfortunate victim of negrophilism and negrolatry among ignorant sentimentalists and professional busybodies in the home country"
"Negrophilia, negromania, negrolatry ended in due course by infecting the Negroes themselves."

Etymology

From negro + -latry.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: negro
Suffix: -latry

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

negrophilism negrophilia

Questions

What does negrolatry mean?: Excessive admiration and respect for people of African descent.
Where does negrolatry come from?: From negro + -latry.

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