Meaning

2 senses
  1. A believer or advocate of racialism, the ideology of racial nationalism.

  2. (UK, dated)A racist.

More definitions
  • a person with a prejudiced belief that one racial group is superior to others

Origin

1910 (noun), 1917 (adjective). racial + -ist, from older racialism (1882).

1910 (noun), 1917 (adjective). racial + -ist, from older racialism (1882).

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Forms

plural: racialists
Singularracialist
Pluralracialists

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person with a prejudiced belief that one racial group is superior to others:racist

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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