semiracist

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English

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Etymology

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From semi- +‎ racist.

Adjective

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semiracist (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat racist.
    • 2003, Stanley Hauerwas, Dissent from the Homeland: Essays After September 11[1], page 65:
      Every modern state therefore is inherently semiracist because it proclaims the supreme interest of a discrete populace, defined by legacy as well as territory. This semiracist holding together of a people requires an exterior— a potential enemy.
    • 2012, Jack Straw, Last Man Standing: Memoirs of a Political Survivor[2]:
      In May, there was a disorderly demonstration outside the Leeds Students Union to protest against the visit of the right-wing Tory MP Patrick Wall, leader of the semi-racist Monday Club, notorious for his supportof the white minority regimes in southern Africa.
    • 2016, David Cahn, When Millennials Rule: The Reshaping of America[3]:
      The lesson to take away from Paul is not to be a semi-racist, isolationist politician who advocates for legalizing heroin and abolishing the Federal Reserve.

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