Racism
//ˈɹeɪsɪzm̩//
Word Type
Noun
The word "racism" can be used as a noun.
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Causes Desire
Coordinate Terms
Derived Terms
anti-racism antiracism biological racism chopstickism cryptoracism cyberracism environmental racism ethnoracism gaycism gracism hyperracism institutional racism linguicism metaracism neoracism non-racism nonracism postracism proto-racism pseudoracism quasiracism racism of low expectations reverse racism scientific racism systemic racism ultraracism unracism xenoracism
Has Property
Broader Terms (Hypernyms)
Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)
Afrophobia Americanophobia Anglophobia Arabophobia Europhobia Francophobia Hibernophobia Hispanophobia Japanophobia Negrophobia Romaphobia Russophobia Scotophobia Sinophobia Slavophobia Ukrainophobia anti-Semitism antigypsyism antiwhiteness antiziganism colorism metaracism misogynoir neoracism proto-racism shadism whitism xenoracism
Type Of (IsA)
Related Terms
ADL Afrocentrism Eurocentrism KKK Ku Klux Klan action anti-racist anti-semitism antiracist antisemitism apartheid black supremacy civil rights movement clannism cultural anthropology cultural relativism ethnic majority ethnic minority ethnocentrism ethnonationalism eugenics hate crime historical particularism intolerance monogenism multiculturalism nationalism otherness political correctness polygenism racial profiling racialism racist racistic scientific racism social Darwinism supremacism tolerance unilineal evolution white supremacy xenophobia xenophobism
Related Terms
ability affirmative action afrocentrism anti defamation league antiracist antisemitism attribute belief black is beautiful civil rights movement cultural anthropology cultural relativism different discrimination distinct ethnic majority ethnic minority ethnicity ethnocentrism eugenics eurocentrism hate crime historical particularism human inferior inherent intolerance ku klux klan monogenism multiculturalism nationalism policy political correctness political minority polygenism practice prejudice program race races racial discrimination racial profiling racialism racist rainbow coalition social darwinism superior supremacist tolerance unilineal evolution white supremacy xenophobia
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