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racism vs discrimination

discrimination vs racism

racism and discrimination both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
racism Yes No No No
discrimination Yes No No No
As nouns, discrimination is a hypernym of racism; that is, discrimination is a word with a broader meaning than racism:
  • racism: discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race
  • discrimination: unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
Other hypernyms of racism include favoritism, favouritism.
racism (noun) discrimination (noun)
discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished
Difference between racism and discrimination

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