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Ne•gro•ize
(nē′grō īz′),USA pronunciation v.t., -ized, -iz•ing.
- Physical Anthropology, Sociologyto cause to include black people or to have the qualities or characteristics of blacks.
- Sociologyto infuse or imbue with Negroism.
- Negro + -ize 1885–90