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waycism

UK/ˈweɪsɪzm̩/

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Australia/ˈwæɪ.sɪzm̩/

waycism is the deliberate misspelling of racism.

Meaning of racism

Noun

racism (usually uncountable, plural racisms)

  1. (usually) The belief that there are distinct human races with inherent differences which determine their abilities, and generally that some are superior and others inferior.
    • It is altogether inaccurate to suggest that Europe is being indoctrinated with Fascism or Racism.1932 October 21, Sisley Huddleston, “Europe Painted in Fascist Colors”, in Christian Science Monitor, →ISSN, page 8
  2. (usually) The policies, practices, or systems (e.g. government or political) promoting this belief or promoting the dominance of one or more races over others.
    • Martin Luther King spoke out against racism.
  3. (usually) Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; (countable) an action of such discrimination.
    • For, if racism against non-whites is morally wrong and unjustifiable, then how can racism against whites be morally right and justifiable?2007, Joseph Godson Amamoo, Ghana: 50 years of independence
  4. (colloquial, countable, usually) An act that could be seen as racist, typically relatively harmless and/or unintentional.
    • I might have just done a racism.
  5. (broadly, colloquial, usually) Hatred or prejudice against a race (species) of beings, such as an alien race or the human race.

Forms of waycism

pluralwaycisms

Origin of waycism

From a mock childish pronunciation of racism, to express childishness and silliness (or a puerile lack of seriousness, as in an allegation of racism), from the way small children pronounce the sound of R (and also L) as [w] during early language-development. Compare wabbit, wuv, wittle and widdle.

Questions about waycism

What is waycism the deliberate misspelling of?
Waycism is the deliberate misspelling of racism.
How do you pronounce waycism?
Waycism is pronounced /ˈweɪsɪzm̩/ (UK).

Words near waycism in the dictionary

  1. waycar
  2. waycars
  3. Waycaster
  4. Waycasters
  5. Waycest
  6. waycism
  7. waycisms
  8. waycist
  9. waycists
  10. Waycross
  11. waye

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Adapted from Wiktionary: waycism (page history and authors); racism (page history and authors). 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.

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