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pseudoracist

pseudoracist adjective: pertaining to or exhibiting pseudoracism, discrimination which is similar to racism.

Adjective

pseudoracist

  1. (rare) Pertaining to or exhibiting pseudoracism, discrimination which is similar to racism.
    • Reinforced by European thought and by the dissemination of pseudoracist findings, American social anti-Semitism was translated into the studied exclusion of Jews from private schools, resorts, and clubs.1983, Cyrus Adler, Cyrus Adler, Selected Letters: 1883-1919, 1920-1926, Jewish Theological Seminary, →ISBN
    • Brown toppled the pseudoracist 1896 Court opinion, Plessy v Ferguson, a 7:1 decision validating the imposition—by government or by private persons—of separate, segregated facilities [...]2002, Howard Ball, The Supreme Court in the Intimate Lives of Americans, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 2

Forms of pseudoracist

alternative formpseudo-racist

Origin of pseudoracist

From pseudo- + racist.

Questions about pseudoracist

What does pseudoracist mean?
Pseudoracist means pertaining to or exhibiting pseudoracism, discrimination which is similar to racism.
What part of speech is pseudoracist?
Pseudoracist is an adjective.

Words near pseudoracist in the dictionary

  1. pseudorabiesviruses
  2. pseudoracemate
  3. pseudoracemates
  4. pseudoracemic
  5. pseudoracism
  6. pseudoracist
  7. pseudoradical
  8. pseudoradicals
  9. pseudoradicular
  10. pseudorandom
  11. pseudorandom number generator

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