Look up: racism

1. racism
   [Noun] Dislike or unfair treatment of people of a different race.
   Example: The Asian youth was a victim of a racist attack.
   See also: institutional racism, institutionally racist
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2. Racism
   The belief that one group of people is inferior to another because of the race they belong to.
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3. Racism
   The attributing of characteristics of superiority or inferiority to a population sharing certain physically inherited characteristics. Racism is one specific form of prejudice, focusing on physical variations between people. Racist attitudes became entrenched during the period of colonial expansion ...
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4. racism
   [n] - the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races 2. [n] - discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race
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5. racism
   actions or policies that are determined by beliefs about racial characteristics.
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6. Racism
   the belief that one racial category is innately superior or inferior to another
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7. racism
   racialism noun discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race
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8. racism
   noun the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races
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9. racism
   any action, practice, or belief that reflects the racial worldview—the ideology that humans are divided into separate and exclusive biological ... [43 related articles]
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10. racism
    Belief in, or set of implicit assumptions about, the superiority of one's own race or ethnic group, often accompanied by prejudice against members of an ethnic group different from one's own. Racism may be used to justify discrimination, verbal or physical abuse, or even genocide, as in Nazi Germany, or as practised by European settlers aga...
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11. racism
    a doctrine that inherent differences in race determine individual achievement.
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12. Racism
    `Racism` is the belief that there are inherent differences in people`s traits and capacities that are entirely due to their race, however defined, and that, as a consequence, racial discrimination (i.e. different treatment of those people, both socially and legally) is justified. In the modern Engli...
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