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quasiracism

quasiracism noun: practices and institutions that result in racist distinctions and discrimination, but which are not consciously motivated by racist ideology.

Noun

quasiracism (uncountable)

  1. Practices and institutions that result in racist distinctions and discrimination, but which are not consciously motivated by racist ideology.
    • The significance of “popular” quasiracism lies in the deterministic treatment of ethnic or national differences as sharply delineating human groups, precluding close and friendly contacts and the passing of individuals from one group to the other.2005, Peter Ratcliffe, Race, Ethnicity And Nation, →ISBN
    • This suggests that commentators such as Mahmood would do well to understand that quasiracism does not underlie all attacks on Islam.2011, Russell Blackford, Freedom of Religion and the Secular State, →ISBN

Origin of quasiracism

From quasi- + racism.

Questions about quasiracism

What does quasiracism mean?
Quasiracism means practices and institutions that result in racist distinctions and discrimination, but which are not consciously motivated by racist ideology.
What part of speech is quasiracism?
Quasiracism is a noun.

Words near quasiracism in the dictionary

  1. quasiquoted
  2. quasiquoter
  3. quasiquoters
  4. quasiquotes
  5. quasiquoting
  6. quasiracism
  7. quasiracist
  8. quasirandom
  9. quasirandomised
  10. quasirandomization
  11. quasirandomized

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