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racialist

[rey-shuh-liz-uhm]

noun

racism.

Origin:
1905–10; racial + -ism

Related forms

ra·cial·ist, noun, adjective

ra·cial·is·tic, adjective

non·ra·cial·ism, noun

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racism or racialism (ˈreɪsɪzəm, ˈreɪʃəˌlɪzəm)

—n
1.	the belief that races have distinctive cultural characteristics determined by hereditary factors and that this endows some races with an intrinsic superiority over others
2.	abusive or aggressive behaviour towards members of another race on the basis of such a belief

racialism or racialism

—n

'racist or racialism

—n, —*adj*

'racialist or racialism

—n, —*adj*

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