"niggerize" meaning in All languages combined

See niggerize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: niggerizes [present, singular, third-person], niggerizing [participle, present], niggerized [participle, past], niggerized [past]
Etymology: nigger + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nigger|ize}} nigger + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} niggerize (third-person singular simple present niggerizes, present participle niggerizing, simple past and past participle niggerized)
  1. (transitive, ethnic slur, offensive) To subject to niggerization, (the act of dehumanizing black people, or other people in the manner of black people). Tags: ethnic, offensive, slur, transitive Categories (topical): Racism
    Sense id: en-niggerize-en-verb-OUI-Uh92 Disambiguation of Racism: 48 5 7 33 7 Categories (other): English ethnic slurs
  2. (intransitive, ethnic slur, offensive) To be subjected or exposed to black people or their influence. Tags: ethnic, intransitive, offensive, slur
    Sense id: en-niggerize-en-verb-cJ9VtwHJ Categories (other): English ethnic slurs
  3. (transitive, ethnic slur, offensive, derogatory) To subject or expose to black people or their influence. Tags: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur, transitive
    Sense id: en-niggerize-en-verb-0tBHwYoB Categories (other): English ethnic slurs
  4. (transitive, ethnic slur, offensive) To render someone or something to resemble the racist stereotype of a black person. Tags: ethnic, offensive, slur, transitive
    Sense id: en-niggerize-en-verb-HBn6y~eH Categories (other): English ethnic slurs
  5. (transitive, dated, now offensive) To treat (wood) with paraffin or coke-oven coal tar in order to increase its acid resistance. Tags: dated, offensive, transitive
    Sense id: en-niggerize-en-verb-A5aQexlk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 25 8 9 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 15 14 7 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 12 19 9 9 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: niggerise Derived forms: niggerization

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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