Racism

Noun

 * 1) The belief that each race has distinct and intrinsic attributes.
 * 2) The belief that one race is superior to all others.
 * 3) Prejudice or discrimination based upon race.

Adjectives for Racism
economic; educational; social; modern; benign; digital.

Verbs for Racism
abolish-; institute-; introduce-; support-; implement-; demolish-; boycott-; defeat-;

Thesaurus
racial discrimination, racialism, red-baiting, repugnance, segregation, sex discrimination, sexism, social barrier, social discrimination, spite, spitefulness, superpatriotism, ultranationalism, unfairness, vials of hate, vials of wrath, white power, white supremacy, xenophobia, Anglophobia, Jim Crow, Jim Crow law, Russophobia, abhorrence, abomination, anti-Semitism, antipathy, apartheid, aversion, bias, bigotry, black power, black supremacy, chauvinism, class consciousness, class distinction, class hatred, class prejudice, class war, color bar, color line, despitefulness, detestation, discrimination, dislike, execration, fascism, hate, hatred, illiberality, know-nothingism, loathing, male chauvinist, malevolence, malice, malignity, minority prejudice, misandry, misanthropy, misogyny, odium, one-sidedness, partiality, prejudice, race hatred, race prejudice, race snobbery,

Etymology
From racisme (1935/36).

Derived terms

 * institutional racism
 * reverse racism

Related terms

 * racist
 * race
 * race riot
 * racialism
 * racialist
 * racial
 * racy
 * racial slur

Translations

 * Arabic: عرقية, عنصرية
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: расізм
 * Bulgarian: расизъм
 * Catalan: racisme
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 種族主義, 种族主义
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hindi:
 * Icelandic: kynþáttafordómar, rasismi,, kynþáttastefna, kynþáttarembingur, kynþáttahatur, kynþáttahroki
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,


 * Korean: 인종차별, also spelled: 인종 차별, 인종 차별주의
 * Latvian: rasisms
 * Lithuanian: rasizmas
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian: rasisme
 * Persian:, also spelled: نژاد پرستی
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: rasism
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: gràin-cinnidh
 * Serbo-Croatian: расизам, rasizam
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: rasizem
 * Spanish:
 * Thai: คตินิยมเชื้อชาติ
 * Turkish: ırkçılık
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: نسل پرستی
 * Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa phân biệt chủng tộc