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De or het racisme?

het racisme

racism (hatred, discrimination or bias based on race or descent)

/ˌraːˈsɪs.mə/

Article and plural

Singular
het racisme

Why het?

  • Nouns ending in -isme, -ment, -um and -sel usually take het.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

Singular
this, thesedit racisme
that, thosedat racisme
which (the … that)het racisme dat …
ourons racisme

Meaning in English

  1. racism (hatred, discrimination or bias based on race or descent)
  2. racialism (ideology that posits racial differences and racial determinism; ideology of racial superiority)

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