racialism

racialism

English

Etymology

racial +‎ -ism

Noun

racialism (countable and uncountable, plural racialisms)

1. The belief in the existence and significance of racial categories.
2. The belief in racial separatist ideologies, the emphasis on perceived social and cultural differences among races.
3. (Britain, dated) Racism.

Synonyms

• (belief in the existence of racial categories):
• (belief in racial separatist ideologies):
• (racism): See Thesaurus:racism

Derived terms

• antiracialism
• nonracialism

Related terms

• race realism

Translations

racism

French: racisme (fr) m German: Rassismus (de) m

Greek: φυλετισμός (el) m (fyletismós) Russian: раси́зм (ru) m (rasízm)