Etymology

1932 (noun), 1938 (adjective). Formed from racism (1928), paralleling FrenchCategory:English terms derived from French#RACIST raciste (1892). Replaced older racialist (1910). Equivalent to race +‎ -istCategory:English terms suffixed with -ist#RACIST.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪ.sɪst/Category:English 2-syllable words#RACISTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#RACIST

  • Audio (Southern England):

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    Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#RACIST
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæɪ.sɪst/Category:English 2-syllable words#RACISTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#RACIST
• Rhymes: -eɪsɪstCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪsɪst#RACISTCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪsɪst/2 syllables#RACIST

Noun

racist (plural racists)Category:English lemmas#RACISTCategory:English nouns#RACISTCategory:English countable nouns#RACISTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#RACISTCategory:Pages with entries#RACISTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#RACIST

1. A person who believes in or supports racism; a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others, or who discriminates against other races.
   • 2007, Fran Harris, Will the REAL You Please Stand Up?:

     I don't blame racists, sexists, lookists, or any other “ists” for what they personify and perpetuate. They are mere hostages of their egos.

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   • 2009, Shirley R. Steinberg, Diversity and Multiculturalism: A Reader, page 104:

     Almost all the students I interviewed and worked with in group-facilitated discussions resisted being called a racist. This label was just too painful and for most students would not be accepted.

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   • 2022 December 6, LeAnna T. Luney, “Like our foremothers survived: Self-education, direct confrontation, and humor as resistance coping in Black womxn and femme college student being”, in Frontiers in Education, volume 7, →DOI, page 10:

     Narrators demonstrated resistance coping techniques through direct confrontation with aggressors, such as racists, sexists, homophobes, elitists, and misogynoirists.

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2. (humorousCategory:English humorous terms#RACIST, Internet slangCategory:English internet slang#RACIST) A person who races (cars, etc.).

Adjective

racist (comparative more racist, superlative most racist)Category:English lemmas#RACISTCategory:English adjectives#RACISTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#RACISTCategory:Pages with entries#RACISTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#RACIST

1. Constituting, exhibiting, advocating, or pertaining to racism.
   • 2007 April 24, “George Can't Let Sleeping Mexicans Lie”, in George Lopez, season 6, episode 15, spoken by Max Lopez (Luis Armand Garcia):

     I'm pretty sure I'm flunking math because my teacher is racist against Latinos.

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2. (colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#RACIST, proscribedCategory:English proscribed terms#RACIST, by extension) Discriminatory.

   They don't allow Muslims and gays to join the club? That's racist!Category:English terms with usage examples#RACIST

   • 1996 November 14, Julie Wang, “TC Yang's talent”, in soc.culture.china‎ (Usenet):

     Oh oh.. the term 'Neo-Nazi'.. just a few days ago, I heard a few girls sitting next to my table talking about this guy who was racist against females and call them 'femine-Nazi' (sp?)

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   • 1998 April 22, Keri Lynn Sweeney, “Give it up, forger...this is very dull”, in alt.adoption‎ (Usenet):

     Could it be the hate-filled content and the racist attitudes towards women and homosexuals?

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   • 2000 August 12, Joe, “Who's Gary Tait anyways”, in alt.cable-tv‎ (Usenet):

     so you are racist against gay ppl? I didnt know cable co's hired racist ppl!

     Category:English terms with quotations#RACIST

   • 2004, Perth Desperado, One Aussie's Endeavours, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 191:

     People are racist against the sick and injured

     Category:English terms with quotations#RACIST

   • 2011, Michelle Tea, Rose of No Man's Land‎, Anchor Canada, →ISBN:

     Amber went thoughtful. I wondered if she was racist against lesbian people.

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   • 2013, Travis Waker, The Perfect Game: A Daniel Willis Novel‎, Booktango, →ISBN:

     The guy said the remark sarcastically, as if he was racist against homosexuals.

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Derived terms

See also

• antiracism
• bigot
• ethnocentrist
• pseudoracism
• racism
• xenophobe

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “racist”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “racist”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• TRIACs, artics, crista, scairt, triacs, tsaric

Etymology

From EnglishCategory:Cantonese terms borrowed from English#RACISTCategory:Cantonese terms derived from English#RACIST racist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹei⁵⁵ sɪs²¹/, /wei⁵⁵ sɪs²¹/Category:Cantonese terms with IPA pronunciation#RACIST

Verb

racistCategory:Chinese lemmas#RACISTCategory:Chinese verbs#RACISTCategory:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#RACISTCategory:Pages with entries#RACISTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#RACIST

1. (Hong Kong CantoneseCategory:Hong Kong Cantonese#RACIST, transitiveCategory:Chinese transitive verbs#RACIST, ditransitiveCategory:Chinese ditransitive verbs#RACIST, neologismCategory:Chinese neologisms#RACIST) to discriminate based on race; to be racist against [from the 2010s]

   中四呢件事係……racist呢方面嘅嘢，跟住有鬧到我，而都有鬧到我屋企人，所以我就好唔中意呢樣嘢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   中四呢件事系……racist呢方面嘅嘢，跟住有闹到我，而都有闹到我屋企人，所以我就好唔中意呢样嘢。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   zung¹ sei³ ni¹ gin⁶ si⁶ hai⁶...... racist ni¹ fong¹ min⁶ ge³ je⁵, gan¹ zyu⁶ jau⁵ naau⁶ dou³ ngo⁵, ji⁴ dou¹ jau⁵ naau⁶ dou³ ngo⁵ uk¹ kei^5-2 jan⁴, so² ji⁵ ngo⁵ zau⁶ hou² m⁴ zung¹ ji³ ni¹ joeng⁶ je⁵. [Jyutping]

   That thing in F4 was about them being racist, they scolded me, and they even scolded my family, and so I just really don't like this thing.

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   • 2025, Mill MILK, “被欺凌有原因 從小家暴習慣怪責自己 在校被打覺得「可以接受」香港欺凌個案曾列72國家及地區之首”, in Pillow Talk‎, spoken by Ann:

Noun

racistCategory:Danish lemmas#RACISTCategory:Danish nouns#RACISTCategory:Danish terms spelled with C#RACISTCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#RACISTCategory:Pages with entries#RACISTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#RACIST

1. racist

Further reading

• “racist” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology

From ras +‎ -istCategory:Dutch terms suffixed with -ist#RACIST.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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  Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#RACIST
• Rhymes: -ɪstCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɪst#RACISTCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɪst/2 syllables#RACIST

Noun

racist m (plural racisten, diminutive racistje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#RACISTCategory:Dutch nouns#RACISTCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#RACISTCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#RACISTCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#RACISTCategory:Pages with entries#RACISTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#RACIST

1. racist