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
The Democrats lost an election to someone with autocratic tendencies who has expressed endless racist, bigoted, and misogynistic beliefs.
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Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Jonas, who was appointed Monday by President Cyril Ramaphosa, called Trump a racist and homophobic during a speech in 2020, just days after former President Biden defeated Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2025
As expected, the pair are soon confronted by the local band of racists — or, more precisely, racist vampires.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
In December 2024, Jackson released a two-year-old audio clip of Nettles where he could be heard calling some of his council colleagues racist.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2025
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Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Jonas, who was appointed Monday by President Cyril Ramaphosa, called Trump a racist and homophobic during a speech in 2020, just days after former President Biden defeated Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2025
As expected, the pair are soon confronted by the local band of racists — or, more precisely, racist vampires.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
In December 2024, Jackson released a two-year-old audio clip of Nettles where he could be heard calling some of his council colleagues racist.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for racist
Noun
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As Jewish Israelis have lurched further to the right, their Palestinian fellow citizens have faced unprecedented levels of persecution and abuse from an Israeli government that includes overt Jewish supremacists.—
Asad Ghanem,
Foreign Affairs,
9 Apr. 2025
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On the debit side, Sarastro is a slaveholder and male supremacist with the kidnapping of an under-age princess to answer for.—
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airmail.news,
7 Dec. 2024
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 25 May. 2025.
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