racism in Arabic
عِرْقِيَّة ʕirqiyya
/ˈɹeɪsɪzm̩/
racism in Arabic: عِرْقِيَّة (ʕirqiyya), عُنْصُرِيَّة (ʕunṣuriyya). In English, racism means the belief that there are distinct human races with inherent differences which determine their abilities, and generally that some are superior and others inferior.
Arabic words for racism
- racial prejudice or discrimination
- عِرْقِيَّة ʕirqiyya, عُنْصُرِيَّة ʕunṣuriyya
English meaning of racism
- noun The belief that there are distinct human races with inherent differences which determine their abilities, and generally that some are superior and others inferior.
- noun The policies, practices, or systems (e.g. government or political) promoting this belief or promoting the dominance of one or more races over others.
- noun Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; (countable) an action of such discrimination.
- noun An act that could be seen as racist, typically relatively harmless and/or unintentional.
racism in a sentence
- Martin Luther King spoke out against racism.
- I might have just done a racism.
Synonyms of racism
- ethnicism†
- racialism
racism in other languages
- racism in Hindi
- racism in Tamil
- racism in Marathi
- racism in Urdu
- racism in Bengali
- racism in Telugu
- racism in Malayalam
- racism in Kannada
- racism in Punjabi
- racism in Gujarati
- racism in Odia
- racism in Sinhala
- racism in Nepali
- racism in Pashto
- racism in Tagalog
- racism in Malay
- racism in Indonesian
- racism in Persian
- racism in Thai
- racism in Vietnamese
- racism in Myanmar
Questions about racism in Arabic
- What is the meaning of racism in Arabic?
- Racism in Arabic is عِرْقِيَّة (ʕirqiyya), عُنْصُرِيَّة (ʕunṣuriyya).
- ما معنى كلمة racism؟
- Racism: عِرْقِيَّة (ʕirqiyya), عُنْصُرِيَّة (ʕunṣuriyya).
- What does racism mean in English?
- Racism means the belief that there are distinct human races with inherent differences which determine their abilities, and generally that some are superior and others inferior.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: racism (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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