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Enmity vs Racism - What's the difference?

enmity | racism |

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

English

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 * ** enmity

Noun

(enmities)
  • The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
  • * 2005 , .
  • 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.
  • A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.
  • *
  • 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, animus

    Antonyms

    * amity

    References

    * * * Notes:

    racism

    English

    (wikipedia racism)

    Noun

  • 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.
  • Malcolm X and Martin Luther King both spoke out against racism .
  • * 2007 , Joseph Godson Amamoo, Ghana: 50 years of independence
  • For, if racism against non-whites is morally wrong and unjustifiable, then how can racism against whites be morally right and justifiable?

    Usage notes

    * Different people define race'' differently, so, naturally, different people define ''racism differently. * Racism is generally accepted as wrong in English-speaking societies, and the word racism carries strong negative connotations. Therefore, those opposing a certain practice might characterize it as "racist" in order to try to take advantage of those connotations, and conversely, those defending a certain practice might try to mitigate it by claiming that it is not racist. * While racism'' is, per se, usually tied to ''race , some speakers will (controversially) use the term in other cases as well: ** 2002, Tom Carter-Smith, Sex – an Apology for Love , NORDISC Music & Text, ISBN 87-88619-09-5, page 99, **: The reason for this was the general prejudice (read: racism ) against gays among “straight” people; the government simply didn't want the public to be appalled by posters and TV adds with “queers”. * The term reverse racism'' has been used to describe racism (in one sense or another) by a group that has traditionally been oppressed, against a traditionally more-empowered group. However, some argue that this distinction does not need to be made, and advocate using simply the term ''racism''; others have argued conversely that the term ''racism should not be used at all in such cases. * For many speakers, the term racism implies conscious belief or behavior, but this distinction is not universally held.

    Derived terms

    * antiracism, anti-racism * institutional racism * nonracism, non-racism * reverse racism * scientific racism

    Hypernyms

    * bigotry

    Coordinate terms

    * ableism * ageism * apartheid * heterosexism * policism * sexism * xenophobia

    See also

    * Afrocentrism * affirmative action * Anti-Defamation League (ADL) * antisemitism, anti-semitism * black is beautiful * black supremacy, Black supremacy * Civil Rights Movement * cultural anthropology * cultural relativism * ethnic majority * ethnic minority * ethnocentrism * eugenics * Eurocentrism * hate crime * historical particularism * intolerance * Ku Klux Klan (KKK) * monogenism * multiculturalism * nationalism * political correctness * political minority * polygenism * racial discrimination * racialism * racial profiling * Rainbow Coalition * unilineal evolution * social Darwinism * supremacist * tolerance * white supremacy, White supremacy * xenophobia English disputed terms English words suffixed with -ism