niggerism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He loved their tricks of language, loved to pick up and feel and taste new words from their rich reservoir of niggerisms."
- "But as it was, not until the 1940s did the industry begin to depart significantly from the stereotypes with their "insulting niggerisms"..."
- "Some refuse to countenance Negro music on the grounds that it is niggerism, and for that reason should be done away with."
- ""We represent the majority of the people in Alabama who hate niggerism, Catholicism, Judaism, and all the -isms of the whole world." So said Robert Creel of the Alabama Klu Klux Klan. He also said, "I like Barry Goldwater. He needs our help.""
- "Their black support confirmed the charge of "niggerism" and helped the Democrats turn the widespread Negrophobia to their account."
- "The spot quoted a Klan official saying, "In Alabama, we hate niggerism, Catholicism, and Judaism.""
Etymology
Etymology tree English nigger Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English niggerism From nigger + -ism.