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| Main Entry: | racism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prejudice against an ethnic group |
| Synonyms: | apartheid, bias, bigotry, discrimination, partiality, segregation, illiberality, one-sidedness, racialism, sectarianism, unfairness |
| Main Entry: | apartheid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | racial segregation |
| Synonyms: | discrimination, racism, separation |
| Main Entry: | bigotry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intolerance, prejudice |
| Synonyms: | bias, discrimination, fanaticism, injustice, partiality, racism, sexism, Jim Crowism, dogmatism, narrow-mindedness, provincialism, racialism, sectarianism, unfairness |
| Antonyms: | fairness, tolerance, broad-mindedness, open-mindedness |
| Main Entry: | fascism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political system of dictatorship |
| Synonyms: | autocracy, bureaucracy, despotism, racism, regimentation, totalitarianism, Nazism, absolutism, authoritarianism, one-party system, party government |
| Antonyms: | democracy |
| Main Entry: | prejudice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief without basis, information; intolerance |
| Synonyms: | ageism, animosity, antipathy, apartheid, aversion, bias, bigotry, chauvinism, detriment, discrimination, disgust, dislike, displeasure, enmity, foregone conclusion, injustice, partiality, pique, preconceived notion, preconception, racism, repugnance, revulsion, sexism, slant, spleen, tilt, twist, umbrage, warp, bad opinion, contemptuousness, disrelish, illiberality, jaundiced eye, mindset, misjudgment, narrow-mindedness, one-sidedness, prejudgment, prepossession, unfairness, xenophobia |
| Notes: | a person's bias is based on facts, but prejudice occurs without a person knowing or examining the facts |
| Antonyms: | fairness, justice, regard, respect, tolerance |
| Main Entry: | racial discrimination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prejudice based on race |
| Synonyms: | racism, Anti-Semitism, race discrimination, race prejudice, race snobbery, racialism |
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