incognegro

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adjective

Hiding one's blackness.

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Meanings

adjectiveincognegro (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHiding one's blackness.

    Incognegro: From Black Power to Apartheid and Back

    2007, Frank B. Wilderson, III, Incognegro: From Black Power to Apartheid and Back, Beacon Press, →ISBN, page title
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    By Malik's words I knew I had shed my incognegro shell. What was emerging was a black man, a strong black man.

    1995 September 20, R. A. Frederick, “Section 18”, in In-cog-negro, E & O Press, →ISBN, page 133

    That's the thing: she ain't really a white lady. She's Xavier's cousin. She just going incognegro.

    2018 May 23, Mat Johnson, Incognegro: Renaissance #4, volume 4, Dark Horse Comics (Single Issues)

Origin

Blend of incognito + negro.

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APA

incognegro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incognegro

MLA

“incognegro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incognegro. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incognegro,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incognegro.

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