racialism
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9.3
- noun
- /ˈreɪʃəlɪzəm/
- Offensive
:
racialismo
- Many activists rally against racialism, advocating for equality and justice among all races.
- racialism and racism
- practice of racialism
- racialism in archaeology
Examples
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When universities create "Indian studies" programs, they have consciously chosen to engage in racialism.
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Racism exists as a natural and common extension of racialism.
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I gave them traditional social science views of race, racism, and racialism.
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Not because I'm "part of the Left," but because racialism is well and truly against my principles.
Blog text (28) -
The report condemned racialism and directly attacked anti-Semitism.
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From my culturalist point of view, this nod to racialism is unfortunate.
Blog text (28) -
Racialism is the cultural idea that humankind is composed of racial groups that are biologically distinct.
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The speaker's argument demonstrated a disturbing commitment to racialism, claiming superiority based on race.
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When discussing social justice, we must confront the dangers posed by racialism in today's society.
Synonyms
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Treating people unfairly because of their race
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6.1
A belief or feeling that people of a different race are worse and should be treated unfairly
A belief that human races have natural, fixed differences that cause different intelligence or behavior
Antonyms
How Racist
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Racialism begins with race, a word that originally meant a 'family' or 'line', and ends with -ism, which means a 'belief' or 'system'. So racialism is the idea that people belong to different groups with fixed qualities, and that idea can lead to unfair treatment.