RACIALISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does racialism mean? 

• RACIALISM (noun)
  The noun RACIALISM has 1 sense:

1. discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race

  Familiarity information: RACIALISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RACIALISM (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 ("racialism" 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 "racialism"):

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)

Derivation:

racialist (a person with a prejudiced belief that one racial group is superior to others)