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racism|ˈreɪsɪz(ə)m|
[f. race n.2 + -ism; cf. F. racisme (Robert 1935).]
a. The theory that distinctive human characteristics and abilities are determined by race.
b. = racialism.
1936L. Dennis Coming Amer. Fascism 109 If..it be assumed that one of our values should be a type of racism which excludes certain races from citizenship, then the plan of execution should provide for the annihilation, deportation, or sterilization of the excluded races. 1938E. & C. Paul tr. Hirschfeld's Racism xx. 260 The apostles and energumens of racism can in all good faith give free rein to impulses of which they would be ashamed did they realise their true nature. 1940R. Benedict Race: Science & Politics i. 7 Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed. 1952M. Berger Equality by Statute 236 Racism, tension in industrial, urban areas. 1952Theology LV. 283 The idolatry of our time—its setting up of nationalism, racism, vulgar materialism. 1960New Left Rev. Jan./Feb. 21/2 George Rogers saw fit to kow-tow to the incipient racism of his electorate by including a line about getting rid of ‘undesirable elements’. 1964Gould & Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 571/2 Racism is a newer term for the word racialism... There is virtual agreement that it refers to a doctrine of racial supremacy. 1971Ceylon Daily News (Colombo) 18 Sept. 8/5 Mr. Seneviratne is welcome to his ideal of inter-racial marriages as panacea for Racism. 1972J. L. Dillard Black English iii. 90 In the British sailors' reactions to the slaves.., the very early existence of racism is as well documented as the difference in language. 1974M. Fido R. Kipling 50/2 In The Story of Muhammad Din he wrote one of the most economical and bitter attacks on British racism ever penned. 1976Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) 4 Mar. a2/4 The Vatican radio said,..‘Racism might have different faces but it will always be reprehensible.’ 1977M. Walker National Front vi. 155 A strike of the Asian workers against racism in the factory. |