racistnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈreɪ.sɪst/us/ˈreɪ.sɪst/UK old-fashioned racialist disapprovingC2 someone who believes that other races are not as good as their own and therefore treats them unfairly:
Two of the killers are known to be racists.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Racial issues
- alien
- anti-Semitic
- anti-Semitism
- color bar
- color line
- communal
- ethnic cleansing
- ethnic minority
- foreign
- foreigner
- ghetto
- monkey chanting
- nativism
- NF
- non-racist
- Pan-Africanism
- racism
- Uncle Tom
- white flight
- white supremacy
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racistadjective
uk/ˈreɪ.sɪst/us/ˈreɪ.sɪst/disapprovingC2 politics believing that other races are not as good as your own and therefore treating them unfairly:
He furiously denied being racist.
They were the victims of a vicious racist attack.
racist remarks
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- During the 1930s and 40s, the Nazis used racist propaganda in an attempt to demonize the Jews.
- The police want to discuss these recent racist attacks with local people.
- Several people were arrested for distributing racist pamphlets (to the spectators).
- There has been an unwelcome recrudescence of racist attacks.
- The newspaper published a toughly worded article about racist behaviour.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Racial issues
- alien
- anti-Semitic
- anti-Semitism
- color bar
- color line
- communal
- ethnic cleansing
- ethnic minority
- foreign
- foreigner
- ghetto
- monkey chanting
- nativism
- NF
- non-racist
- Pan-Africanism
- racism
- Uncle Tom
- white flight
- white supremacy
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