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
Also a vehement racist who refused to play against teams with black players.
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Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
Many told me the liberal media had smeared them as racists, xenophobes and misogynists.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
Nearly a quarter of Section murals include Indigenous figures, ranging in tone from romantic to racist, evidence of their prominent but equivocal place in the historical imaginary.
—John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
Bob Barker being a racist is not shocking.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for racist
Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
Many told me the liberal media had smeared them as racists, xenophobes and misogynists.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
Nearly a quarter of Section murals include Indigenous figures, ranging in tone from romantic to racist, evidence of their prominent but equivocal place in the historical imaginary.
—John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
Bob Barker being a racist is not shocking.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for racist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for racist
Noun
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The manifesto cites White supremacist and neo-Nazi ideology, repeats tropes and rails against a cross-section of groups — religious, ethnic, women and LGBTQ+ communities.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Dylann Roof internalized white-supremacist messages from websites surfaced by search algorithms, and later carried out the 2015 shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2026
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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 4 Jun. 2026.
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