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
Earlier this month, Politico reported that French authorities suspected X of amplifying hateful, racist, and homophobic content.
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Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2025
Davidtz, who grew up in South Africa, is incredible in the pivotal role of Bobo’s hard-drinking and mentally unraveling mom Nicola, whose psyche gets rubbed raw by tragedy and does not see herself as a racist.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
Most major advertisers on X are choosing to remain silent about their plans and relationship with the company after the platform’s AI chatbot, Grok, went on a racist and antisemitic posting spree Tuesday and X’s CEO Linda Yaccarino announced her resignation the next day.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 11 July 2025
Lined up next to other hues, the sunny yellow originally meant to scan as race-neutral (in the lineage of the classic smiley face, Lego mini-figures, and the Simpsons) now read, to some, as racist.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 June 2025
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Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2025
Davidtz, who grew up in South Africa, is incredible in the pivotal role of Bobo’s hard-drinking and mentally unraveling mom Nicola, whose psyche gets rubbed raw by tragedy and does not see herself as a racist.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
Most major advertisers on X are choosing to remain silent about their plans and relationship with the company after the platform’s AI chatbot, Grok, went on a racist and antisemitic posting spree Tuesday and X’s CEO Linda Yaccarino announced her resignation the next day.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 11 July 2025
Lined up next to other hues, the sunny yellow originally meant to scan as race-neutral (in the lineage of the classic smiley face, Lego mini-figures, and the Simpsons) now read, to some, as racist.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for racist
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In my research on right-wing extremism over 30 years, a disturbing pattern has emerged: White supremacists and white nationalists are increasingly willing to use violence targeting critical infrastructure in an effort to destabilize society.—
Art Jipson,
The Conversation,
11 June 2025
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The joke sparked a furious backlash within Shinde’s Hindu supremacist Shiv Sena political party.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
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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 20 Aug. 2025.
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