Talk:racialist

2006 discussion

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Misspelling? I always thought it was the UK variant on Racist. Dan Carkner Of, related to, or marked by racialism? Andrew massyn 06:16, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Merriam Webster lists it as a noun and adjective under main heading of racialism. Also, racialistic. I disagree with the first def, racialist is not a misspelling, it is a synonym, but I'll let it all go through the RFV process.--Dmol 22:03, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I've frequently heard it in UK, and the full OED lists it just as M-W, with cites from 1917 for the noun and from 1946 for the adjective, from Canada, UK and SA. Unfortunately, it also cites racialistic. I suppose these forms are useful for people with quick speech but slow brains. --Enginear 17:58, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Misspelling? I always thought it was the UK variant on Racist. Dan Carkner

Much as I am loth to do so, rfvpassed. It offends. Actually removed, it offends too much. Andrew massyn 03:18, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Question about the definition

Is the sense given in the entry today, "race determines human capabilities," quite correct? As I see the term used vernacularly, it seems more that the usage is closer to "race is a significant factor in human capabilities" or "race should be a significant factor in political economic interactions of denizens with the state" — This comment was unsigned.

This is like what other dictionaries have. There is often some drift. The question is can we get evidence of the relatively fine distinction you suggest. It is not easy to do so. DCDuring TALK 23:26, 21 September 2009 (UTC)