racist
/ˈɹeɪ.sɪst/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
Australia/ˈɹæɪ.sɪst/
racist noun: a person who believes in or supports racism; a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others, or who discriminates against other races.
Noun
racist (plural racists)
- A person who believes in or supports racism; a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others, or who discriminates against other races.
- I don't blame racists, sexists, lookists, or any other “ists” for what they personify and perpetuate. They are mere hostages of their egos.2007, Fran Harris, Will the REAL You Please Stand Up?
- Almost all the students I interviewed and worked with in group-facilitated discussions resisted being called a racist. This label was just too painful and for most students would not be accepted.2009, Shirley R. Steinberg, Diversity and Multiculturalism: A Reader, page 104
- A person who exhibits hatred or prejudice against a race (species) of beings, such as an alien race or the human race.
Adjective
racist (comparative more racist, superlative most racist)
- Constituting, exhibiting, advocating, or pertaining to racism.
- I'm pretty sure I'm flunking math because my teacher is racist against Latinos.2007 April 24, “George Can't Let Sleeping Mexicans Lie”, in George Lopez, season 6, episode 15, spoken by Max Lopez (Luis Armand Garcia)
- Discriminatory.
- They don't allow Muslims and gays to join the club? That's racist!
- Oh oh.. the term 'Neo-Nazi'.. just a few days ago, I heard a few girls sitting next to my table talking about this guy who was racist against females and call them 'femine-Nazi' (sp?)1996 November 14, Julie Wang, “TC Yang's talent”, in soc.culture.china (Usenet)
racist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
racist in Hindi
- person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- जातिवादी jātivādī
racist in Tamil
- இனவெறியர், இனவாத
racist in Marathi
- वर्णद्वेषी, वर्णद्वेषवादी
racist in Urdu
- نسل پرست, نسلی امتیاز کا حامی
More languagesFewer languages
- racist in Bengali
- বর্ণবাদী, বর্ণবিদ্বেষী
- racist in Malayalam
- വർഗ്ഗീയവാദി, മതഭ്രാന്തൻ, മതാന്ധൻ, സങ്കുചിത ചിന്താഗതിക്കാരൻ
- racist in Kannada
- ತಳಿಕೊಚ್ಚುಗ, ತಳಿಗ, ತಳಿಗಂಟ
- racist in Punjabi
- ਨਸਲਵਾਦੀ
- racist in Gujarati
- જાતિવાદી
- racist in Odia
- ଜାତିବାଦୀ
- racist in Nepali
- जातिवादी, नस्लवादी
- racist in Pashto
- نژادپرست nežãdparást, توکمپال tukǝmpāl
- racist in Arabic
- عُنْصُرِيّ ʕunṣuriyy, عُنْصُرِيَّة ʕunṣuriyya
- racist in Malay
- rasis
- racist in Indonesian
- rasis, rasialis
- racist in Persian
- نژادپرست nežâd-parast, نژادگرا nežâd-garâ, نژادپرستانه nežâd-parastâne
- racist in Thai
- ผู้เหยียดผิว pûu-yìiat-pǐu, เหยียดผิว yìiat-pǐu
- racist in Vietnamese
- người phân biệt chủng tộc
Examples of racist in a sentence
- Narrators demonstrated resistance coping techniques through direct confrontation with aggressors, such as racists, sexists, homophobes, elitists, and misogynoirists.2022 December 6, LeAnna T. Luney, “Like our foremothers survived: Self-education, direct confrontation, and humor as resistance coping in...
- Could it be the hate-filled content and the racist attitudes towards women and homosexuals?1998 April 22, Keri Lynn Sweeney, “Give it up, forger...this is very dull”, in alt.adoption (Usenet):
- I didnt know cable co's hired racist ppl!2000 August 12, Joe, “Who's Gary Tait anyways”, in alt.cable-tv (Usenet):
- People are racist against the sick and injured2004, Perth Desperado, One Aussie's Endeavours, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 191:
Synonyms of racist
Forms of racist
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | racists |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more racist |
| superlative | most racist |
Origin of racist
1932 (noun), 1938 (adjective). Formed from racism (1928), paralleling French raciste (1892). Replaced older racialist (1910). Equivalent to race + -ist.
Words formed from racist
Words that rhyme with racist
Questions about racist
- What does racist mean?
- Racist means a person who believes in or supports racism; a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others, or who discriminates against other races.
- What is racist in Hindi?
- Racist in Hindi is जातिवादी (jātivādī). See Racist meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use racist in a sentence?
- Narrators demonstrated resistance coping techniques through direct confrontation with aggressors, such as racists, sexists, homophobes, elitists, and misogynoirists.
- What part of speech is racist?
- Racist can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce racist?
- Racist is pronounced /ˈɹeɪ.sɪst/ (UK).
- What is the plural of racist?
- The plural of racist is racists.
Words near racist in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: racist (page history and authors); racist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); racist (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); racist (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); racist (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); racist (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); racist (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); racist (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); racist (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); racist (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); racist (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-racist.wav.
Cite this entry: “racist.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/racist. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.