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 racist Wilson would be proud of Trump in this regard.
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Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2026
And he has absolutely been falsely called and smeared as a racist.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Many white residents in East Flatbush had succumbed to racist fearmongering by real-estate speculators and sold their home for a fraction of the assessed value; the speculators sold those homes to Black buyers at exorbitant interest rates.
—Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
Many on social media, including some Republican lawmakers, denounced the portrayal as racist.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 10 Feb. 2026
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Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2026
And he has absolutely been falsely called and smeared as a racist.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Many white residents in East Flatbush had succumbed to racist fearmongering by real-estate speculators and sold their home for a fraction of the assessed value; the speculators sold those homes to Black buyers at exorbitant interest rates.
—Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
Many on social media, including some Republican lawmakers, denounced the portrayal as racist.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 10 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for racist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for racist
Noun
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These campaigns rely on the notion that being found to be part of a white-supremacist group has social costs, like the loss of a job.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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The lyrics went beyond Evers’ white-supremacist killer, indicting an entire system that brainwashed poor white Southerners into hatred.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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 Mar. 2026.
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