"racialism" meaning in English

See racialism in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: racialisms [plural]
Etymology: From racial + -ism. Coined in 1882 based on the older use of "race" as a synonym of "nation, tribe, ethnic group", later senses (from 1890) from the use of "race" for racial categories. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|racial|ism}} racial + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} racialism (countable and uncountable, plural racialisms)
  1. (British, dated) Tribalism, nationalism. Tags: British, countable, dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Pseudoscience
    Sense id: en-racialism-en-noun-yKuNeiJq Disambiguation of Pseudoscience: 44 34 22 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 42 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 50 26 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 38 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 33 26
  2. The belief that humans can be categorized as belonging to distinct races, each race being characterized by fixed and heritable traits. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-racialism-en-noun-E1GLNVIi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 42 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 38 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 33 26
  3. Racism, the belief in the existence of different races and the belief that some races are superior to other races; policies or practices which promote the dominance of one or more races over other races. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Racism
    Sense id: en-racialism-en-noun-~sPhSJE5 Disambiguation of Racism: 16 5 78 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 42 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 38 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 33 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: racism Derived forms: antiracialism, nonracialism Related terms: race realism

Inflected forms

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