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Malay vs Racist - What's the difference?

malay | racist |

As adjectives the difference between malay and racist

is that malay is of or relating to the Malays, a people living in Brunei, on the eastern coast of Sumatra, the islands of Bangka and Belitung, the Riau archipelago and the coastal areas of Kalimantan in Indonesia, in most of Malaysia (states where they are politically dominant), in Singapore and in the southernmost provinces of Thailand while racist is of, relating to, or advocating racism.

As nouns the difference between malay and racist

is that malay is a person of Malay ancestry, referring to a diverse group of Austronesian peoples inhabiting the Malay archipelago and Malay peninsula in Southeast Asia while racist is a person who believes a particular race is superior to others.

As a proper noun Malay

is the Malay language, an Austronesian language spoken by most Malay people and in states they dominate.

malay

English

(wikipedia Malay)

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or relating to the Malays, a people living in Brunei, on the eastern coast of Sumatra, the islands of Bangka and Belitung, the Riau archipelago and the coastal areas of Kalimantan in Indonesia, in most of Malaysia (states where they are politically dominant), in Singapore and in the southernmost provinces of Thailand.
  • (usage generally frowned upon by Malays and Malaysians) Of or related to Malaysia, its people and/or culture.
  • In, of or otherwise relating to Malay, a generic name for the languages spoken by Malays.
  • Derived terms

    * Malay apple

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person of Malay ancestry, referring to a diverse group of Austronesian peoples inhabiting the Malay archipelago and Malay peninsula in Southeast Asia.
  • Type of mild curry made with yoghurt and fruit, usually pineapple or lychee.
  • She ordered chicken Malay with rice.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Malay language, an Austronesian language spoken by most Malay people and in states they dominate.
  • See also

    * Malayalam * (ms) * Language list

    Anagrams

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    racist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who believes a particular race is superior to others.
  • I think that racists and xenophobes hold our society back.

    Hyponyms

    *(l), (l) *(l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or advocating racism.
  • * {{quote-video
  • , date = 2007-04-24 , episode = George Can't Let Sleeping Mexicans Lie , title = , people = Luis Armand Garcia , role = Max Lopez , season = 6 , number = 15 , passage = I'm pretty sure I'm flunking math because my teacher is racist against Latinos. }}

    See also

    * bigot * xenophobe