noun
Meaning 1
The word nigger or nigga or nigra.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: n-bomb
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
n-word
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noun
Meaning 2
Any word, regardless of its starting letter, that is used oppressively, marginalizes or oppresses a group of people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic
Qualifier: by generalization
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noun
Meaning 3
The word Nazi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic
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noun
Meaning 4
The word nuclear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, politics
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noun
Meaning 5
A negation word, such as not, nobody, or nothing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
A Danish/Swedish/Norwegian noun of the common gender (their indefinite article being en), as opposed to t-words, nouns of the neuter gender (their indefinite article being et).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
Alternative letter-case form of n-word.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: negr — euphemism for “nigger”
- Dutch: n-woord — euphemism for “nigger”
- Finnish: n-sana — euphemism for “nigger”
- French: mot en N — euphemism for “nigger”
- German: N-Wort — euphemism for “nigger”
- Russian: н-сло́во (n-slóvo) — euphemism for “nigger”
- Swedish: n-ord — euphemism for “nigger”
- Ukrainian: н-сло́во (n-slóvo) — euphemism for “nigger”