niggerhood noun2 •(offensive) The state or period of being a nigger.But this time, black literature will be pressed to meet also the cry that is abroad for images of a positive niggerhood. — 1972 •(slang, offensive) A neighborhood of primarily African-American residents.He had grown up in the niggerhood. Even now on some calls, white complainants asked him to go around to the back door. — 1998 formsniggerhoods