racism

Plural: racisms

Noun

• Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race.
• 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.

Examples

• Martin Luther King spoke out against racism.
• There’s no room for RACISM on the Scrabble board, only fair play and good words.

Synonyms

racial discrimination, racialism, ethnicism†, racism

Related Words

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