anti-racist

adjective

an·​ti-rac·​ist ˌan-tē-ˈrā-sist 

ˌan-tī-

also -shist

variants or anti-racism

ˌan-tē-ˈrā-ˌsi-zəm 

ˌan-tī-

also -ˌshi-

: opposed to racism

anti-racist views

anti-racist policies

Burdon's deep love of black music comes with an unusual degree of sincerity as does his long-standing anti-racist stance.

—Paul Taylor

They chanted anti-racism slogans and banged their fists on the newsroom walls …

—Allan Wolper

anti-racist noun

These are hardly the only recent instances of anti-racist works being targeted by anti-racists for being insufficiently anti-racist.

—Catherine Rampell

Examples of anti-racist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In 2017, internet trolls disrupted an anti-racist art installation with neo-Nazi chants and messily downed jugs of milk to accentuate their white identity. — Hilary Smith, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026

Monuments to Washington and other Founding Fathers were targeted by anti-racist protestors. — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

All the professors were absolutely liberal, anti-racist people. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 July 2026

That statue, of Delaware delegate Caesar Rodney, had been removed from its original site in Wilmington after the anti-racist demonstrations of 2020. — Greg Allen, ARTnews.com, 7 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-racist

• basest
• bassist
• racist