Meanings
plural racists
- 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 104Narrators 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 - broadlycolloquialA person who exhibits hatred or prejudice against a race (species) of beings, such as an alien race or the human race.
comparative more racist · superlative most racist
- Constituting, exhibiting, advocating, or pertaining to racism.
I'm pretty sure I'm flunking math because my teacher is racist against Latinos.
2007 April 24, “George Can't Let Sleeping Mexicans Lie”, in George Lopez, season 6, episode 15, spoken by Max Lopez (Luis Armand Garcia) - broadlycolloquialproscribedDiscriminatory.
They don't allow Muslims and gays to join the club? That's racist!
5 more examples
Oh oh.. the term 'Neo-Nazi'.. just a few days ago, I heard a few girls sitting next to my table talking about this guy who was racist against females and call them 'femine-Nazi' (sp?)
1996 November 14, Julie Wang, “TC Yang's talent”, in soc.culture.china (Usenet)Could it be the hate-filled content and the racist attitudes towards women and homosexuals?
1998 April 22, Keri Lynn Sweeney, “Give it up, forger...this is very dull”, in alt.adoption (Usenet)so you are racist against gay ppl? I didnt know cable co's hired racist ppl!
2000 August 12, Joe, “Who's Gary Tait anyways”, in alt.cable-tv (Usenet)People are racist against the sick and injured
2004, Perth Desperado, One Aussie's Endeavours, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 191Amber went thoughtful. I wondered if she was racist against lesbian people.
2011, Michelle Tea, Rose of No Man's Land, Anchor Canada, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivebased on racial intolerance
adjectivediscriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion
nouna person with a prejudiced belief that one racial group is superior to others
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans rassis, rassisties
- rassisperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- rassistiesrelating to racism
Arabic عُنْصُرِيّ, عُنْصُرِيَّة
- عُنْصُرِيّ (ʕunṣuriyy)person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- عُنْصُرِيَّة (ʕunṣuriyya)person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- عُنْصُرِيّ (ʕunṣuriyy)relating to racism
Bulgarian раси́ст, раси́стка
- раси́ст (rasíst)person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- раси́стка (rasístka)person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- раси́стки (rasístki)relating to racism
Catalan racista, racista
- racistaperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- racistarelating to racism
Chinese Mandarin 種族主義者 /种族主义者, 種族歧視者 /种族歧视者
- 種族主義者 /种族主义者 (zhǒngzúzhǔyìzhě)person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- 種族歧視者 /种族歧视者 (zhǒngzúqíshìzhě)person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- 種族歧視的 /种族歧视的 (zhǒngzúqíshì de)relating to racism
Czech rasista, rasistický
- rasistaperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- rasistickýrelating to racism
Danish racist, racistisk
- racistperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- racistiskrelating to racism
Dutch racist, racistisch
- racistperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- racistischrelating to racism
Esperanto rasisto, rasisma
- rasistoperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- rasismarelating to racism
- rasistarelating to racism
Estonian rassist
- rassistperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
Finnish rasisti, rasistinen
- rasistiperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- rasistinenrelating to racism
French raciste, raciste
- racisteperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- racisterelating to racism
German Rassist, Rassistin
- Rassistperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- Rassistinperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- rassistischrelating to racism
Greek ρατσιστής, ρατσιστικός
- ρατσιστής (ratsistís)person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- ρατσιστικός (ratsistikós)relating to racism
Hebrew גיזען \ גִּזְעָן, גִּזְעָנִית
- גיזען \ גִּזְעָן (giz'án)person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- גִּזְעָנִית (giz'anít)person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- גִּזְעָנִי (giz'aní)relating to racism
Hindi जातिवादी
- जातिवादी (jātivādī)person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
Hungarian rasszista, rasszista
- rasszistaperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- rasszistarelating to racism
Icelandic rasisti, kynþáttahatari
- rasistiperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- kynþáttahatariperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- maður fullur kynþáttahrokaperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- sem byggist á kynþáttafordómumrelating to racism
- sem sýnir kynþáttahyggjurelating to racism
- sem sýnir kynþáttafordómarelating to racism
- sem sýnir kynþáttahaturrelating to racism
- rasista-relating to racism
- kynþáttahaturs-relating to racism
- kynþáttahroka-relating to racism
Indonesian rasis, rasialis
- rasisperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- rasialisrelating to racism
Italian razzista, razzista
- razzistaperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- razzistarelating to racism
- razzisticorelating to racism
Japanese 人種差別主義者, レイシスト
- 人種差別主義者 (jinshu sabetsu shugisha)person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- レイシスト (reishisuto)person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- 人種差別 (jinshu sabetsu)relating to racism
Korean 인종차별주의자
- 인종차별주의자 (injongchabyeoljuuija)person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
Latvian rasists
- rasistsperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
Lithuanian rasistas
- rasistasperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
Malay rasis, rasis
- rasisperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- rasisrelating to racism
Norwegian Bokmål rasist
- rasistperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
Persian نژادپرست, نژادگرا
- نژادپرست (nežâd-parast)person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- نژادگرا (nežâd-garâ)person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- نژادپرستانه (nežâd-parastâne)relating to racism
Polish rasista, rasistka
- rasistaperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- rasistkaperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- rasistowskirelating to racism
Portuguese racista, racista
- racistaperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- racistarelating to racism
Romanian rasist, rasistă
- rasistperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- rasistăperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- rasistrelating to racism
Russian раси́ст, раси́стка
- раси́ст (rasíst)person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- раси́стка (rasístka)person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- раси́стский (rasístskij)relating to racism
Slovak rasista
- rasistaperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
Spanish racista, racista
- racistaperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- racistarelating to racism
Swedish rasist, rasistisk
- rasistperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- rasistiskrelating to racism
Thai ผู้เหยียดผิว, เหยียดผิว
- ผู้เหยียดผิว (pûu-yìiat-pǐu)person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- เหยียดผิว (yìiat-pǐu)relating to racism
Turkish ırkçı, ırkçı
- ırkçıperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- ırkçırelating to racism
Ukrainian раси́ст, раси́стка
- раси́ст (rasýst)person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- раси́стка (rasýstka)person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
- раси́стський (rasýstsʹkyj)relating to racism
Vietnamese người phân biệt chủng tộc
- người phân biệt chủng tộcperson who believes a particular race is superior to others.
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racist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/racist
“racist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/racist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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