- 1the unfair treatment of people who belong to a different race; violent behavior toward them a victim of racism ugly outbreaks of racism Half a million people held a mass protest against racism last night.
- 2the belief that some races of people are better than others irrational racism
NAmE//ˈreɪsɪst//
noun He's a racist. The family was being harassed by racists. adjective racist thugs racist attitudes/attacks/remarksSee racism in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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