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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
racialism
noun
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▪ I couldn't interpret it as anything but racialism.
▪ It condemned racialism in the strongest language.
▪ It is through other black kids that some aspirations are fostered and others snuffed out by stories of racialism.
▪ Nationalism also produced degenerate offshoots and analogies in various forms of racialism.
▪ One other form of racialism, a negative one, must be mentioned.
▪ Two pieces of apparent racialism surfaced in basketball.
▪ Why does this inverted racialism not persecute Siamese kittens, I wonder?
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
racialism

"racism," 1879, from racial + -ism. Also see racist.\n

Wiktionary
racialism

n. 1 The belief in the existence and significance of race categories. 2 The belief in racial separatism ideology, the emphasis on perceived social and cultural differences among races. 3 (context British English) (non-gloss definition: Variant term for) racism.

WordNet
racialism

n. discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race [syn: racism, racial discrimination]

Wikipedia
Racialism

Racialism is the belief that the human species is naturally divided into distinct biological categories called " races", while not considering variable values between them. Most dictionaries define it as synonymous with " racism", though some definitions consider "racialism" to describe simply a positive preference for one race, without the element of prejudice and discrimination against other racial groups.

Usage examples of "racialism".

He often used to visit me in my room for talks on politics, racialism, the progress of the Africans and other subjects.

Between the next two races we sat on the grass while Chanter gave us the uninterrupted benefit of his views on the evils of money, racialism, war, religion and marriage.

Just as Israel had become almost fascist in its racialism during the last century, black South Africans had become fanatical on the subject during this one.