Meanings
- uncountableRacism presented as, or purported to be supported by, science.
The appearance underlines past incidents in which Pinker has encountered criticism for his association with advocates of so-called “human biodiversity”, which other academics have called a “rebranding” of racial genetic essentialism and scientific racism.
2025 June 7, Jason Wilson, “Harvard author Steven Pinker appears on podcast linked to scientific racism”, in The Guardian, →ISSNSynonyms: biological racism, race realism, race science
Synonyms & antonyms
nounRacism presented as, or purported to be supported by, science.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 科學種族主義 /科学种族主义
- 科學種族主義 /科学种族主义 (kēxuézhǒngzúzhǔyì)scientific racism
Danish racelære
- racelærescientific racism
French racisme scientifique
- racisme scientifiquescientific racism
Portuguese racismo científico
- racismo científicoscientific racism
Swedish rasbiologi, raslära
- rasbiologiscientific racism
- raslärascientific racism
Cite this entry
scientific racism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scientific%20racism
“scientific racism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scientific%20racism. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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