racist
/ˈreɪsɪst
/noun
A person who shows or feels discrimination or prejudice against people of other races, or who believes that a particular race is superior to another: I had a fear of being called a racist...
- They're racists because they are driven by hate, and whatever they do, that viciousness just bubbles over.
- I think how proud I am of her for going from fearing racists to wanting to fight them.
- Breton, Surrealism's leader and a past master of character assassination, claimed in the final issue of Minotaure that Dali was a self-confessed racist, and Dali chose not to respond.
Synonyms
racial bigot, racialist, xenophobe, chauvinist;
anti-Semite
(racially) discriminatory, racialist, prejudiced, bigoted, biased, intolerant, illiberal;
anti-Semitic
adjective
Showing or feeling discrimination or prejudice against people of other races, or believing that a particular race is superior to another: we are investigating complaints about racist abuse at a newsagents...
- To be against the culture of white slave-owners was not to be racist against whites.
- I think we still have certain people who are racist in attitudes.
- Any old comment I make is immediately construed to be racist by some people.
