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
By the 1970s, because of the name’s ubiquity, racists had adopted it to describe all Latino men.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
The citizen’s anticolonial mindset is romantically stupid, poisoned with racist, jingoistic mythology.
—Benjamin Hale
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Parker grew up in nearby Summit and was the cousin of Emmett Till, who was murdered by Southern racists in Mississippi in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman.
—Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
Seven people were kicked out of the courtroom by O’Hare for speaking out of turn and calling members of the court racists and devils.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2025
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
The citizen’s anticolonial mindset is romantically stupid, poisoned with racist, jingoistic mythology.
—Benjamin Hale
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Parker grew up in nearby Summit and was the cousin of Emmett Till, who was murdered by Southern racists in Mississippi in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman.
—Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
Seven people were kicked out of the courtroom by O’Hare for speaking out of turn and calling members of the court racists and devils.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 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 19 Jul. 2025.
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