RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does racial discrimination mean? 

• RACIAL DISCRIMINATION (noun)
  The noun RACIAL DISCRIMINATION has 1 sense:

1. discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race

  Familiarity information: RACIAL DISCRIMINATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RACIAL DISCRIMINATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

racial discrimination; racialism; racism

Hypernyms ("racial discrimination" is a kind of...):

discrimination; favoritism; favouritism (unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "racial discrimination"):

racial profiling (a form of racism consisting of the (alleged) policy of policemen who stop and search vehicles driven by persons belonging to particular racial groups)