Synonyms of racism

racism

noun

ˈrā-ˌsi-zəm 

1

as in segregation

the belief that certain races of people are by birth and nature superior to others

Hitler's declaration of his belief in a "master race" provided irrefutable proof to the world of the inherent and dangerous racism of the Nazi movement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• segregation
• racialism
• apartheid
• eugenics
• separatism

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• integration
• desegregation

2

as in prejudice

hatred of or discrimination against a person or persons based on their race

the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, was one of the most deplorable incidents of racism that occurred during the civil rights movement of the 1960s

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prejudice
• segregation
• racialism
• apartheid
• bigotry
• intolerance
• race-baiting
• Jim Crow
• separatism
• narrowness
• narrow-mindedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• antidiscrimination
• antiracism
• assimilationism
• antisegregation