Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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African-American | Yes | Yes | No | No |
nigger | Yes | No | No | No |
African-American (noun) | nigger (noun) |
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a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today | (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person |
African-American (adjective) | nigger (adjective) |
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pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry |