antiracism

adj

"antiracism" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“antiracism” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acting to combat or prevent racism.

Corpus desk

Index EN-antiracism · antiracism · English

antiracism · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for antiracism
PropertyValue
Headwordantiracism
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “antiracism” in English

antiracismranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

antiracism is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acting to combat or prevent racism.".

antiracism has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From anti- + racism. The correct English form is antiracism, spelled A-N-T-I-R-A-C-I-S-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acting to combat or prevent racism.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how antiracism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Switzerland’s antiracism legislation has previously been applied to Holocaust denial.

Etymology

From anti- + racism.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "antiracism"?
"antiracism" is spelled A-N-T-I-R-A-C-I-S-M.
What does "antiracism" mean?
As an adjective, "antiracism" means: Acting to combat or prevent racism.
What is the origin of the word "antiracism"?
From anti- + racism. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list