NEGRITUDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Negritude mean? 

• NEGRITUDE (noun)
  The noun NEGRITUDE has 1 sense:

1. an ideological position that holds Black culture to be independent and valid on its own terms; an affirmation of the African cultural heritage

  Familiarity information: NEGRITUDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEGRITUDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ideological position that holds Black culture to be independent and valid on its own terms; an affirmation of the African cultural heritage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Negritude" is a kind of...):

ideology; political orientation; political theory (an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)