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blackhood

noun

Etymology

From black + -hood. In some senses perhaps from blend of black + brotherhood. Compare Middle English blakhede (“blackness”), of equivalent formation.

  1. inherited from *bʰleg-✻
  2. inherited from *blakaz✻
  3. inherited from *blak✻
  4. inherited from blæc
  5. inherited from blak
  6. formed as blackhood — “black + -hood”

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being black (all senses)

    The state or condition of being black (all senses); blackness.

    • He also arranged a list of twelve secrets of life to help African Americans enjoy their blackhood and lead better lives.
    • How does blackhood stand against today's leading critical discourse on race and sex that renders black people missing and murdered?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for blackhood. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA