Bigotry
Racism
Racism noun - Hatred of or discrimination against a person or persons based on their race.
Usage example: the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, was one of the most notorious incidents of racism that occurred during the civil rights movement of the 1960s
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Synonyms for Racism
Bigotry is a synonym for racism in prejudice topic. You can use "Bigotry" instead a noun "Racism", if it concerns topics such as state, racial discrimination, xenophobia, prejudice against an ethnic group. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- partiality and bigotry
- partiality and racism
- bias and bigotry
- bias and racism
- prejudice and bigotry
- prejudice and racism
- fanaticism and bigotry
- fanaticism and racism
- discrimination and bigotry
- discrimination and racism
- provincialism and bigotry
- provincialism and racism
- injustice and bigotry
- injustice and racism
How words are described
| human | human bigotry | human racism |
| old | old bigotry | old racism |
| pure | pure bigotry | pure racism |
| typical | typical bigotry | typical racism |
| Other adjectives: genuine, open, blatant, simple, plain, actual, real, rampant, extreme, serious, subtle, social, ingrained, inherent, religious, fantastic, general, apparent, casual, outright, perceived, internalized. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- The survivors in hiding are reviled as abominations with parallels of religious bigotry and racism.
Source: Fantastic Racism / Literature -
For Lelouch, it's racism and bigotry, reasons why he can barely tolerate his wife.
Source: Fanfic / Dauntless -
Captain America's entire personality becomes "he's from the 1940s", and thus he picks up the then-normal racism and bigotry, as opposed to regular Cap, who is an example of the best of humanity.
Source: Adaptation Personality Change
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Racism and Bigotry. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bigotry/racism
Bigotry & Racism. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bigotry/racism>.
Racism or Bigotry. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bigotry/racism.
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