racist
nounEtymology
1932 (noun), 1938 (adjective). Formed from racism (1928), paralleling French raciste (1892). Replaced older racialist (1910). Equivalent to race + -ist.
- derived from raciste
Definitions
A person who believes in or supports racism
A person who believes in or supports racism; a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others, or who discriminates against other races.
- I don't blame racists, sexists, lookists, or any other “ists” for what they personify and perpetuate. They are mere hostages of their egos.
- Almost all the students I interviewed and worked with in group-facilitated discussions resisted being called a racist. This label was just too painful and for most students would not be accepted.
- Narrators demonstrated resistance coping techniques through direct confrontation with aggressors, such as racists, sexists, homophobes, elitists, and misogynoirists.
A person who races (cars, etc.).
Constituting, exhibiting, advocating, or pertaining to racism.
- I'm pretty sure I'm flunking math because my teacher is racist against Latinos.
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Discriminatory.
- They don't allow Muslims and gays to join the club? That's racist!
- Oh oh.. the term 'Neo-Nazi'.. just a few days ago, I heard a few girls sitting next to my table talking about this guy who was racist against females and call them 'femine-Nazi' (sp?)
- Could it be the hate-filled content and the racist attitudes towards women and homosexuals?
The neighborhood
- synonymrayciss
- synonymbigoted
- neighborsupremacist
- neighborJim Crower
- neighborJim Crowist
- neighborwhite supremacist
- neighborwhitist
- neighborblack supremacist
- neighborantiracism
- neighborbigot
- neighborethnocentrist
- neighborpseudoracism
- neighborracism
- neighborxenophobe
Derived
anti-racist, antiracist, archracist, cryptoracist, gaycist, gracist, hyperracist, metaracist, neoracist, nonracist, postracist, proracist, proto-racist, pseudoracist, quasiracist, racistly, reverse racist, scientific racist, semiracist, socio-racist, superracist, ultraracist, unracist, xenoracist
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for racist. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA