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racist

adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪ.sɪst/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈɹæɪ.sɪst/
  • rhymes with -eɪsɪst
  • CMU ARPABET: R EY1 S IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Constituting, exhibiting, advocating, or pertaining to racism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Discriminatory.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, colloquial, proscribed

Examples

  • They don't allow Muslims and gays to join the club? That's racist!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A person who races (cars, etc.).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, humorous

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: antiblack, anti-Semite(a)

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

based on racial intolerance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • racist remarks

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: racialist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bigot

History

Etymology

1932 (noun), 1938 (adjective). Formed from racism (1928), paralleling French raciste (1892). Replaced older racialist (1910). Equivalent to race + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

122 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: rassisties — relating to racism
  • Arabic: عُنْصُرِيّ (ʕunṣuriyy) — relating to racism
  • Armenian: ռասիստական (ṙasistakan) — relating to racism
  • Belarusian: расі́сцкі (rasíscki) — relating to racism
  • Bulgarian: раси́стки (rasístki) — relating to racism
  • Catalan: racista — relating to racism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 種族歧視的 /种族歧视的 (zhǒngzúqíshì de) — relating to racism
  • Czech: rasistický — relating to racism
  • Danish: racistisk — relating to racism
  • Dutch: racistisch — relating to racism
  • Esperanto: rasisma — relating to racism
  • Esperanto: rasista — relating to racism
  • Finnish: rasistinen — relating to racism
  • French: raciste — relating to racism
  • Georgian: რასისტული (rasisṭuli) — relating to racism
  • German: rassistisch — relating to racism
  • Greek: ρατσιστικός (ratsistikós) — relating to racism
  • Hebrew: גִּזְעָנִי (giz'aní) — relating to racism
  • Hungarian: rasszista — relating to racism
  • Icelandic: sem byggist á kynþáttafordómum — relating to racism
  • Icelandic: sem sýnir kynþáttahyggju — relating to racism
  • Icelandic: sem sýnir kynþáttafordóma — relating to racism
  • Icelandic: sem sýnir kynþáttahatur — relating to racism
  • Icelandic: rasista- — relating to racism
  • Icelandic: kynþáttahaturs- — relating to racism
  • Icelandic: kynþáttahroka- — relating to racism
  • Indonesian: rasialis — relating to racism
  • Italian: razzista — relating to racism
  • Italian: razzistico — relating to racism
  • Japanese: 人種差別 (jinshu sabetsu) — relating to racism
  • Malay: rasis — relating to racism
  • Norman: raciste — relating to racism
  • Persian: نژادپرستانه (nežâd-parastâne) — relating to racism
  • Polish: rasistowski — relating to racism
  • Portuguese: racista — relating to racism
  • Romanian: rasist — relating to racism
  • Russian: раси́стский (rasístskij) — relating to racism
  • Serbo-Croatian: расѝстичкӣ — relating to racism
  • Serbo-Croatian: rasìstičkī — relating to racism
  • Spanish: racista — relating to racism
  • Swedish: rasistisk — relating to racism
  • Thai: เหยียดผิว (yìiat-pǐu) — relating to racism
  • Turkish: ırkçı — relating to racism
  • Ukrainian: раси́стський (rasýstsʹkyj) — relating to racism
  • Afrikaans: rassis — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Albanian: racist — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Arabic: عُنْصُرِيّ (ʕunṣuriyy) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Arabic: عُنْصُرِيَّة (ʕunṣuriyya) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Arabic: عُنْصُرِي (ʕúnṣori) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Arabic: عُنْصُرِيَة (ʕúnṣoriyye) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Armenian: ռասիստ (ṙasist) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Azerbaijani: irqçi — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Belarusian: расі́ст (rasíst) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Belarusian: расі́стка (rasístka) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Bulgarian: раси́ст (rasíst) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Bulgarian: раси́стка (rasístka) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Catalan: racista — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 種族主義者 /种族主义者 (zhǒngzúzhǔyìzhě) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 種族歧視者 /种族歧视者 (zhǒngzúqíshìzhě) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Crimean Tatar: ırqçı — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Czech: rasista — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Danish: racist — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Dutch: racist — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Esperanto: rasisto — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Estonian: rassist — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Finnish: rasisti — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • French: raciste — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Georgian: რასისტი (rasisṭi) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • German: Rassist — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • German: Rassistin — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Greek: ρατσιστής (ratsistís) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Hebrew: גיזען \ גִּזְעָן (giz'án) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Hebrew: גִּזְעָנִית (giz'anít) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Hindi: जातिवादी (jātivādī) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Hungarian: rasszista — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Icelandic: rasisti — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Icelandic: kynþáttahatari — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Icelandic: maður fullur kynþáttahroka — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Indonesian: rasis — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Italian: razzista — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Japanese: 人種差別主義者 (jinshu sabetsu shugisha) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Japanese: レイシスト (reishisuto) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Khmer: អ្នកប្រកាន់សាសន៍ (nĕək prɑɑkan sah) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Korean: 인종차별주의자 (injongchabyeoljuuija) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Northern Kurdish: nijadperest — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Latvian: rasists — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Lithuanian: rasistas — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Macedonian: расист (rasist) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Macedonian: расистка (rasistka) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Malay: rasis — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Norman: raciste — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rasist — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Pashto: نژادپرست (nežãdparást) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Pashto: توکمپال (tukǝmpāl) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Persian: نژادپرست (nežâd-parast) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Persian: نژادگرا (nežâd-garâ) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Polish: rasista — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Polish: rasistka — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Portuguese: racista — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Romanian: rasist — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Romanian: rasistă — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Russian: раси́ст (rasíst) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Russian: раси́стка (rasístka) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Serbo-Croatian: ра̀сист — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Serbo-Croatian: ràsist — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Slovak: rasista — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Slovene: rasist — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Slovene: rasistka — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Spanish: racista — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Swedish: rasist — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Tajik: нажодпараст (nažodparast) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Thai: ผู้เหยียดผิว (pûu-yìiat-pǐu) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Turkish: ırkçı — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Turkmen: jynsparaz — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Ukrainian: раси́ст (rasýst) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Ukrainian: раси́стка (rasýstka) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Uyghur: ئىرقچى (irqchi) — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Uzbek: irqchi — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Uzbek: rasist — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Vietnamese: người phân biệt chủng tộc — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Zazaki: rasist — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • Zazaki: şarperest — person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
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