"negrophilic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more negrophilic [comparative], most negrophilic [superlative]
Etymology: negro + -philic Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|negro|-philic}} negro + -philic Head templates: {{en-adj}} negrophilic (comparative more negrophilic, superlative most negrophilic)
  1. Characterized by negrophilia. Related terms: Afrophilic
    Sense id: en-negrophilic-en-adj-3lWhFEpu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -philic

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          "text": "[…]; by the notion that jazz provided otherwise inaccessible timbral resources, in keeping with Varèse's words about Charlie Parker; and by a negrophilic conflation of diverse African diasporic traditions, which dovetailed with Varèse's long-standing attraction both to Latin American sounds and to the trope of the New World “noble savage.",
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