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RACIALISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does racialism mean?
• RACIALISM (noun)
The noun RACIALISM has 1 sense:
1. discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race
Familiarity information: RACIALISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
racial discrimination; racialism; racism
Hypernyms ("racialism" is a kind of...):
discrimination; favoritism; favouritism (unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "racialism"):
racial profiling (a form of racism consisting of the (alleged) policy of policemen who stop and search vehicles driven by persons belonging to particular racial groups)
Derivation:
racialist (a person with a prejudiced belief that one racial group is superior to others)
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