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rac·ism

racism

 
 
pronunciation:
reI sih zm
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part of speech: noun
definition: Racism is the opinion or belief that a particular race of people is better than another race or races. Racism causes unfair treatment of people of different races.
Because of racism, people of one race could join the club but people of other races were not allowed.
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