Meaning

(slang, offensive) The study of black people, especially when isolated as a problem group..

Definitions by Sense

1. (slang, offensive) The study of black people, especially when isolated as a problem group.
2. (slang, derogatory, offensive) A course on black studies at a school or university.
3. The life knowledge gained by growing up as a black person.

Example Sentences

Josiah Nott, readying one of his broadsides for publication, wrote: "All the articles I have written on niggerology have been eagerly sought for at the South, and in the present excited state of the political world, I think the thing will go well.

Mr. Martin could not imagine life without niggers, and since they were inevitable, he considered it a matter of common expedience to know what to expect of them. Hence, he had developed his own science of niggerology, which he used like an Etruscan bed, lopping off some here, stretching some there to achieve a common fit for all.

I thought your major was political science, not niggerology!"

In the year of the Dred Scott decision, the bookselling concession at a Nott lecture offered one-stop shopping for anyone with an interest in niggerology.

I know you bout to go to college and all and think you smart, but remember, I grew up in the projects. I know how you think and how he thinks. I have a degree in niggerology.

In 1971, a Thugs United newspaper described Carmouche as a “Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of the Streets, where he earned a bachelor's degree in niggerology and streetology” and a “a masters degree in common sinces [sic].

I specialize in the plight of my people or niggerology.

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