as in supremacist
a person who believes that one race is superior to others
a racist facing hate crime charges
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Recent Examples of racist
Lined up next to other hues, the sunny yellow originally meant to scan as race-neutral (in the lineage of the classic smiley face, Lego mini-figures, and the Simpsons) now read, to some, as racist.
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Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 June 2025
This week, Robert Harrell, a rising senior at Martin Luther King High School, wrote about the numerous streets and schools in Nashville bearing the names of former slave owners, klan members and other racists.
—Andrea Williams, The Tennessean, 12 July 2025
This made the artists activists in a very real way, resisting racist, colonial categorization.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Its surge has coincided with a series of riots across England and Northern Ireland, in which racists attacked asylum seekers and set fire to their accommodation.
—Oliver Eagleton, Time, 5 July 2025
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Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 June 2025
This week, Robert Harrell, a rising senior at Martin Luther King High School, wrote about the numerous streets and schools in Nashville bearing the names of former slave owners, klan members and other racists.
—Andrea Williams, The Tennessean, 12 July 2025
This made the artists activists in a very real way, resisting racist, colonial categorization.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Its surge has coincided with a series of riots across England and Northern Ireland, in which racists attacked asylum seekers and set fire to their accommodation.
—Oliver Eagleton, Time, 5 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for racist
Noun
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In my research on right-wing extremism over 30 years, a disturbing pattern has emerged: White supremacists and white nationalists are increasingly willing to use violence targeting critical infrastructure in an effort to destabilize society.—
Art Jipson,
The Conversation,
11 June 2025
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The joke sparked a furious backlash within Shinde’s Hindu supremacist Shiv Sena political party.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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People want to get rid of religious parties, people want to put sectarians behind to build an Iraq for all Iraqis.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 May 2015
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Both sides insist the other initiated the initial volley of gunfire that killed four agents and six sectarians.—
Joshua Alston,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2023
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“Racist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racist. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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