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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(now offensive, rare) Excessive admiration and respect for people of African descent..
1862, Russell, Times, The Conservative masses, which lie between negrolatry or nigger-worship and Secession.
Many readers will go further and hail him as an unfortunate victim of negrophilism and negrolatry among ignorant sentimentalists and professional busybodies in the home country
Negrophilia, negromania, negrolatry ended in due course by infecting the Negroes themselves.
Use negrolatry when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Negrolatry means (now offensive, rare) Excessive admiration and respect for people of African descent..
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1862, Russell, Times, The Conservative masses, which lie between negrolatry or nigger-worship and Secession.
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