negritude
/ˈnɛɡɹɪˌtjuːd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The fact of being of black African descent, especially a conscious pride in the values, cultural identity etc. of African heritage; blackness.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Negritude is not wearing turbans and fezzes, though these may be quite alluring."
- "Long before Negritude had become a war-cry among the Black intellectuals of the Left Bank, Caribbean writers had been composing verses in French that were purely derivative, evoking the Parnassian and neo-Romantic influences of the end of the last century."
- "In order to explain this morality in action of negritude, I must go back a little."
- "Another important thing about “CLR,” as he was known in our little movement, was his disdainful opposition to any Third World fetishism or half-baked negritude."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: négritude