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racist

adjective
 
 
/ˈreɪ.sɪst/ disapproving

Definition

C2 believing that other races are not as good as your own and therefore treating them unfairly: He furiously denied being racist. They were the victims of a vicious racist attack.Racial issuesRace and ethnicity
(Definition of racist adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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