pseudoracist

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adjective

Pertaining to or exhibiting pseudoracism, discrimination which is similar to racism.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjective

alternative pseudo-racist

  1. rarePertaining to or exhibiting pseudoracism, discrimination which is similar to racism.

    Brown toppled the pseudoracist 1896 Court opinion, Plessy v Ferguson, a 7:1 decision validating the imposition—by government or by private persons—of separate, segregated facilities [...]

    2002, Howard Ball, The Supreme Court in the Intimate Lives of Americans, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 2
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    Reinforced by European thought and by the dissemination of pseudoracist findings, American social anti-Semitism was translated into the studied exclusion of Jews from private schools, resorts, and clubs.

    1983, Cyrus Adler, Cyrus Adler, Selected Letters: 1883-1919, 1920-1926, Jewish Theological Seminary, →ISBN

    When sensitive stories of Mexican documented and undocumented immigration are told and when these stories are read because of the intrinsic value found in them, those pseudoracist stereotypes employed by anti-immigrant political pundits are resisted and challenged.

    2002, Arturo J. Aldama, Naomi Helena Quiñonez, Decolonial Voicesy, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 333

Origin

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APA

pseudoracist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoracist

MLA

“pseudoracist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoracist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudoracist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoracist.

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