/ʁa.sist/
Translation
racist
Word origin
From race ('race') plus the adjectival suffix -iste, on the same pattern as optimiste or réaliste.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- race + -iste
Grammar
Examples
choqué .
His racist remarks shocked the whole room.
tolérer .
She refuses to tolerate racist behaviour at work.
préjugés l'.
The film denounces the racist prejudices of the era.
Like other French adjectives built with -iste (optimiste, réaliste, égoïste), is invariant for gender: un discours raciste and une remarque raciste use the identical form. Only the plural changes, by adding an -s. The same word also works as a noun for a person (un raciste, une raciste), but this page describes the adjective.
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