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racist

/ˈreɪsɪst/noun

उच्चारण रेसिस्ट

नस्लवादी, जातिवादी (नस्ल के आधार पर भेदभाव करने वाला)

Core word

noun
  1. 1

    [C] disapproving

    a person who treats people of other races unfairly or cruelly, or who believes that some races of people are better than others

    नस्लवादी, जातिवादी (नस्ल के आधार पर भेदभाव करने वाला)

    • He was called a racist after his remarks about immigrants.
    • No club should keep a racist as its coach, however successful he may have been.
    • A racist should have no place in any public office.
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    • The students refused to speak to the man because he was a racist.
    • He denied that he was a racist, but his words said otherwise.

    Synonyms bigot racialist

adjective
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    disapproving

    showing or based on the unfair treatment of people of other races or the belief that some races are better than others

    नस्लवादी, नस्लभेदी

    • racist attitudes
    • Gandhi faced racist treatment when he was thrown off a train in South Africa.
    • The newspaper apologised for a racist cartoon it had printed.
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    • Racist remarks are not allowed in this school.
    • The players spoke out against racist abuse from the crowd.

    Synonyms racially prejudiced bigoted discriminatory

    Opposite tolerant unprejudiced

◇Word family
racism nounrace noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

bigot racialist racially prejudiced bigoted discriminatory

Antonyms

tolerant unprejudiced

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General knowledge

In 1893, Mahatma Gandhi was thrown off a train at Pietermaritzburg in South Africa because of racist rules, and this event turned him towards fighting injustice.

1893 में महात्मा गांधी को दक्षिण अफ़्रीका के Pietermaritzburg में नस्लवादी नियमों के कारण ट्रेन से उतार दिया गया था, और इस घटना ने उन्हें अन्याय के विरुद्ध संघर्ष की ओर मोड़ा।

The system of racial segregation in South Africa was called apartheid.

दक्षिण अफ़्रीका में नस्लीय अलगाव की व्यवस्था को apartheid कहा जाता था।