racist

What it means

1. 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?

   2 more examples

   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

   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 Black womxn and femme college student being”, in Frontiers in Education, volume 7, →DOI, page 10

2. broadlycolloquialA person who exhibits hatred or prejudice against a race (species) of beings, such as an alien race or the human race.

In a sentence

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?

Where it comes from

1. Frenchraciste
2. Englishracist

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