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racist

noun [C]
 
 
/ˈreɪ.sɪst/ (UK old-fashioned racialist) disapproving

Definition

C2 someone who believes that other races are not as good as their own and therefore treats them unfairly: Two of the killers are known to be racists.Racial issuesRace and ethnicity
(Definition of racist noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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