Usually means: Discrimination based on racial characteristics.
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  1. racism: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. racism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. racism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. racism: Collins English Dictionary
  5. racism: Vocabulary.com
  6. Racism, racism: Wordnik
  7. racism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. racism: Wiktionary
  9. racism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. racism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. racism: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. racism: Dictionary.com
  13. racism: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Racism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. racism: Rhymezone
  16. racism: Free Dictionary
  17. racism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. racism: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
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  1. racism: Legal dictionary
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  1. racism: Encyclopedia

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  2. racism: Political
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  4. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

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noun:  The belief that there are distinct human races with inherent differences which determine their abilities, and generally that some are superior and others inferior.
noun:  The policies, practices, or systems (e.g. government or political) promoting this belief or promoting the dominance of one or more races over others.
noun:  Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; (countable) an action of such discrimination.

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