Etymology

negritude

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Today it means: The fact of being of black African descent, especially a conscious pride in the values, cultural identity etc. of African heritage; blackness. Full definition →

First used 20th c.French négritude
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  1. French · borrowed fromnégritude
  2. English todaynegritude

From French négritude (coined by Aimé Césaire), from nègre (“Negro”) + -itude.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 20th c. The fact of being of black African descent, especially a conscious pride in the values, cultural identity etc. of African heritage; blackness.

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