单词 | negrophilistic |
释义 | negrophilisticadj. Now historical and rare. = negrophile adj.See usage note at Negro n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [adjective] > liking for or sympathy with black people nigger-loving1839 negrophilistic1872 negrophile1906 1872 W. E. Gladstone Let. 14 Oct. in Diaries (1982) VIII. 223 Ld. Palmerston got it done..on Negrophilistic principles in violation our own law. 1899 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 480 The Boers can forgive Dr. Philip for his negrophilistic ardor..but no Afrikander will bow down at the bidding of a group of foreign speculators. 1899 Leisure Hour Dec. 168/2 The Colonists have always despised the volume [sc. Thomas Pringle's South African poems] because of the Negrophilistic character of some of the pieces therein. 1994 in W. E. Gladstone Diaries XIV. Index 839/1 Negrophilistic principles, application of. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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