racism

Meanings

Plural: racisms

Noun

• the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races
• discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race
• The belief that there are distinct human races with inherent differences which determine their abilities, and generally that some are superior and others inferior.
• The policies, practices, or systems (e.g. government or political) promoting this belief or promoting the dominance of one or more races over others.
• Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; (countable) an action of such discrimination.

Synonyms

ethnicism†, racial discrimination, racialism, racism

Related Words

action, ADL, Afrocentrism, anti-racist, anti-semitism, antiracist, antisemitism, apartheid, black supremacy, civil rights movement, clannism, cultural anthropology, cultural relativism, ethnic majority, ethnic minority, ethnocentrism, ethnonationalism, eugenics, Eurocentrism, hate crime, historical particularism, intolerance, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, monogenism, multiculturalism, nationalism, otherness, political correctness, polygenism, racial profiling, racialism, racist, racistic, scientific racism, social Darwinism, supremacism, tolerance, unilineal evolution, white supremacy, xenophobia, xenophobism