種族主義（英語(yǔ)：Racism）指一套意識(shí)型態(tài)，其基本信仰為人類(lèi)可以被分類(lèi)成不同及互不附屬的“種族”實(shí)體，因此主張遺傳的肉體特質(zhì)直接決定人性、智識(shí)、道德等等文化及行為的特性，并主張某種族在本質(zhì)上比其他種族優(yōu)越。racism, www.britannica.com 來(lái)源原文為any action, practice, or belief that reflects the racial worldview?the ideology that humans are divided into separate and exclusive biological entities called "races," that there is a causal link between inherited physical traits and traits of personality, intellect, morality, and other cultural behavioral features, and that some races are innately superior to others.種族主義做為意識(shí)型態(tài)則和研究人種或人群差異的科學(xué)及人文社會(huì)科學(xué)不同，做為意識(shí)型態(tài)的種族主義其種族決定論及特定種族優(yōu)越的信仰是不容科學(xué)研究允許的不同結(jié)論及批判思考。