different between racist vs xenophobic

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- +? -phobic, from Ancient Greek ????? (xénos, “foreign, strange”) + ????? (phóbos, “fear”)

Adjective

xenophobic (comparative more xenophobic, superlative most xenophobic)

1. Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners
   • "Residents of Plettenberg Bay this week launched violent xenophobic attacks on foreign Africans living in informal settlements, beating them and ransacking their houses" Weekend Argus May 13/14 2006.

Related terms

• xenophobia
• xenophobe

Translations

Noun

xenophobic (plural xenophobics)

1. A xenophobe.

Translations

See also

• racist