blackhoodEtymologyFrom black + -hood. In some senses perhaps from blend of black + brotherhood. Compare Middle English blakhede (“blackness”), of equivalent formation.nounThe state or condition of being black (all senses); blackness.“[…] expression, I'm afraid I do not share the conviction held by very important people, like Aime Cesaire, quoted earlier by Charles, who suggest that there is a kind of brotherhood, call it negritude, call it a blackhood, call it blackness.”