Enmity vs Racism - What's the difference?
enmity | racism |
The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
* 2005 , .
A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.
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The belief that each race has distinct and intrinsic attributes.
The belief that one race is superior to all others.
Prejudice or discrimination based upon race.
* 2007 , Joseph Godson Amamoo, Ghana: 50 years of independence
As nouns the difference between enmity and racism
is that enmity is the quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition while racism is the belief that each race has distinct and intrinsic attributes.enmity
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Alternative forms
: * ** enemyte ** enemytee ** ennemite ** ennemyte * ** enemyte ** enemytee ** ennemite ** ennemyte ** enymyte * ** enemitie ** enemyte ** enemytee ** enimitie ** enimity ** ennemite ** ennemyte ** ennimitie ** inimity : * ** enmite ** enmitye ** enmyte ** enmytee * ** enmyte ** enmytee * ** enmity ** enmyte ** enmytee * ** enmityNoun
(enmities)- Some later Muses from Ionia and Sicily reckoned it safest to weave together both versions and say that that which is is both many and one, held together by both enmity and amity.
- I merely repeat, remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways.
Quotations
* *: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.Synonyms
* enemyship, hostility, enemyhood, antagonism, animosity, rancor, antipathy, animusAntonyms
* amityReferences
* * * Notes:racism
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(wikipedia racism)Noun
- Malcolm X and Martin Luther King both spoke out against racism .
- For, if racism against non-whites is morally wrong and unjustifiable, then how can racism against whites be morally right and justifiable?