- racist
- noun or adjective see racism
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
racist
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racist — [adj] bigoted anti Semitic, biased, illiberal, intolerant, narrow minded, opinionated, partial, prejudiced, sectarian, small minded, xenophobic; concepts 403,555 racist [n] bigot anti Semite, black supremacist, chauvinist, diehard, doctrinaire,… … New thesaurus
racist — 1932 as a noun, 1938 as an adjective, from RACE (Cf. race) (n.2); racism is first attested 1936 (from Fr. racisme, 1935), originally in the context of Nazi theories. But they replaced earlier words, racialism (1871) and racialist (1917), both… … Etymology dictionary
racist — UK [ˈreɪsɪst] / US noun [countable] Word forms racist : singular racist plural racists someone who does not like or respect people who belong to races that are different from their own and who believes their race is better than others Derived… … English dictionary
racist — rac|ist [ˈreısıst] n someone who believes that people of their own race are better than others, and who treats people from other races unfairly and sometimes violently used to show disapproval ▪ He denied being a racist. >racist adj ▪ the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
racist — rac|ist1 [ reısıst ] adjective racist attitudes or behavior are deliberately offensive or harmful to people who belong to a race that is different from your own: The young man was killed in a racist attack two years ago. racist… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
racist — [[t]re͟ɪsɪst[/t]] racists ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe people, things, or behaviour as racist, you mean that they are influenced by the belief that some people are inferior because they belong to a particular race. You have to… … English dictionary
racist — noun (C) someone who believes that people of their own race are better than others, and who treats people from other races unfairly and sometimes violently: white racists racist adjective: racist attitudes … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
racist — 1. noun he was exposed as a racist Syn: racial bigot, racialist, xenophobe, chauvinist, supremacist 2. adjective a racist society Syn: (racially) discriminatory, racialist, prejudiced, bigoted … Thesaurus of popular words
racist — adj. Racist is used with these nouns: ↑abuse, ↑attack, ↑attitude, ↑graffiti, ↑joke, ↑language, ↑murder, ↑overtone, ↑remark, ↑sentiment, ↑slur, ↑taunt … Collocations dictionary
racist n — Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist, but a person who drives a race car not called a racist? … English expressions
racist — [ˈreɪsɪst] noun [C] someone who thinks that their race is better than others racist adj … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
