different between racist vs xenophile

English

Etymology

1932 (noun), 1938 (adjective). Formed from racism (1928), paralleling French raciste (1892).Replaces older racialist (1910). For more, see race, -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?s?st/

Noun

racist (plural racists)

1. A person who believes in or supports racism; a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others and discriminates against other races.

Hyponyms

• Jim Crower, Jim Crowist
• white supremacist, whitist, black supremacist

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

racist (comparative more racist, superlative most racist)

1. Constituting, exhibiting, advocating or pertaining to racism.
2. (colloquial, nonstandard, by extension) Discriminatory.

Translations

Related terms

• antiracism
• pseudoracism
• racism

See also

• bigot
• ethnocentrist
• xenophobe

References

• racist in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• racist at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• TRIACs, artics, crista, scairt, triacs, tsaric

Danish

Noun

racist

1. racist

Declension

Further reading

• “racist” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

ras +? -ist

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

racist m (plural racisten, diminutive racistje n)

1. racist

English

Etymology

xeno- +? -phile

Noun

xenophile (plural xenophiles)

1. A person who has a love of foreign people and culture.
2. A person with an interest in celebrating people's differences. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Antonyms

• xenophobe

See also

• racist

Anagrams

• lexiphone

German

Adjective

xenophile

1. inflection of xenophil:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular