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noun
The usually systematic act of dehumanizing people, especially black people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ethnic, no-plural, offensive, slur, uncountable, usually
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noun
The act or process of exposing or subjecting to black people or their influence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: no-plural, offensive, uncountable, usually
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History
From nigger + -ization. First use of the sense meaning dehumanization appears c. 1969 in the San Francisco Chronicle.
