noun [U] (disapproving)
1 the unfair treatment of people who belong to a different race; violent behaviour towards them:
a victim of racism * ugly outbreaks of racism * Half a million people held a mass protest against racism last night.
2 the belief that some races of people are better than others:
irrational racism
racist noun:
He's a racist. * The family was being harassed by racists.
racist adjective:
racist groups / thugs * racist attitudes / attacks / remarks
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for racism is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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