negrolatry
English
Noun
negrolatry (uncountable)
- (offensive, rare) literally, the worship of Negroes; figuratively, showing a degree of admiration and respect for people of African descent which the speaker considers undeserved
- 1937, Lowell Joseph Ragatz, “Review of: William Law Matheison, The Sugar Colonies and Governor Eyre, 1849–1866, New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1936”, in The American Historical Review, volume 42, number 4, page 824:
- Many readers will go further and hail him as an unfortunate victim of negrophilism and negrolatry among ignorant sentimentalists and professional busybodies in the home country
Translations
worship of Negroes (offensive)
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Related terms
- negrophilia, Negrophilia
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