racism

Other forms of racism

plural

racisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about racism

What does racism mean?

racism means "the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in racism?

racism has 3 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈɹeɪˌsɪzəm/.

What is another word for racism?

Close synonyms include racialism, racial discrimination. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is racism a common word?

racism is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with racism?

19 words rhyme with racism. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.