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racism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun racism has 2 senses
- racism(n = noun.cognition) Array - the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races; Array is a kind of bias, preconception, prejudice
- racism(n = noun.act) racial discrimination, racialism - discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race; Array is a kind of discrimination, favoritism, favouritism
has particulars: anti-semitism, antisemitism, white supremacy
Derived form noun racist1
has particulars: racial profiling
Derived form noun racist1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
racism, n.
1 a a belief in the superiority of a particular race; prejudice based on this. b antagonism towards other races, esp. as a result of this.
2 the theory that human abilities etc. are determined by race.
1 a a belief in the superiority of a particular race; prejudice based on this. b antagonism towards other races, esp. as a result of this.
2 the theory that human abilities etc. are determined by race.
Derivative
racist n. & adj.
THESAURUS
racism
Anglophobia, Jim Crow, Jim Crow law, Russophobia, abhorrence, abomination, anti-Semitism, antipathy, apartheid, aversion, bias, bigotry, black power, black supremacy, chauvinism, class consciousness, class distinction, class hatred, class prejudice, class war, color bar, color line, despitefulness, detestation, discrimination, dislike, execration, fascism, hate, hatred, illiberality, know-nothingism, loathing, male chauvinist, malevolence, malice, malignity, minority prejudice, misandry, misanthropy, misogyny, odium, one-sidedness, partiality, prejudice, race hatred, race prejudice, race snobbery, racial discrimination, racialism, red-baiting, repugnance, segregation, sex discrimination, sexism, social barrier, social discrimination, spite, spitefulness, superpatriotism, ultranationalism, unfairness, vials of hate, vials of wrath, white power, white supremacy, xenophobia
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