noun
racist
RAY-sihst
noun
1
A person who believes in or practises racism.
"He was exposed as a racist after the leaked messages surfaced."
adjective
1
Showing or based on racism.
"The comedian was fired over a racist joke."
"They condemned the racist graffiti found on the school wall."
How to Use Racist
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishDescribes a person, comment, or action driven by racism.
Common pairings
racist remark
racist behaviour
called a racist
Word Forms
more racist comparative, racists plural, most racist superlative
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Etymology
First recorded as a noun in 1932 and as an adjective in 1938, built from 'racism' plus the agent suffix '-ist,' paralleling the earlier French raciste.