"racism" meaning in English

See racism in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈreɪsɪzm̩/ [US] Audio: en-us-racism.ogg [US] Forms: racism [singular], [plural]
Etymology: race + -ism Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|race|ism}} race + -ism Head templates: {{noun|2=none}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Racism is the belief that all people of one race are different from all people of another race.
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  2. Racism is the belief that one race is better than all others.
    Sense id: simple-racism-en-noun--w3NhGoh
  3. Racism is the act of treating someone differently because of race.
    Sense id: simple-racism-en-noun-z30-xPCH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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