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
In 2023, he was permanently banned from Twitch, another livestream platform, for using homophobic slurs and displaying racist and anti-Jewish messages from his live chat.
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Kate Reilly, NBC news, 18 Dec. 2025
To defeat the threat of a surging left, businessmen and nationalists colluded to countenance domestic culture wars, xenophobic nationalism, the erosion of constitutional norms, and outright violence, ultimately naming Hitler, a vulgar racist, as national executive.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Then when the racists show up, set the place on fire, and start shooting inside, everyone is obviously trying to escape.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
Many Minnesota officials called his attacks on the Somali community racist and un-American.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 7 Dec. 2025
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Kate Reilly, NBC news, 18 Dec. 2025
To defeat the threat of a surging left, businessmen and nationalists colluded to countenance domestic culture wars, xenophobic nationalism, the erosion of constitutional norms, and outright violence, ultimately naming Hitler, a vulgar racist, as national executive.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Then when the racists show up, set the place on fire, and start shooting inside, everyone is obviously trying to escape.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
Many Minnesota officials called his attacks on the Somali community racist and un-American.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 7 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for racist
Noun
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Constantly landing on jokes — like in its portrayal of Lockjaw and his efforts to become a member of the Christmas Adventurers Club, a powerful white-supremacists faction — siphons a sense of urgency from the film’s sketches of American unrest and white male violence.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
24 Nov. 2025
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On the eve of Election Day, 1898, White supremacists launched a bloody attack, forcing Laurinburg’s Black citizens to flee.—
Essence,
Essence,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The Iraqi prime minister at the time, Nuri al-Maliki, was a Shiite sectarian with close ties to Iran, and many of his fellow Shia thought he could be relied on to listen to Iran’s wishes and find a way to avoid clashing with an Iranian proxy militia.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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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 17 Jan. 2026.
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