#3576. Referencing Race = Racist? Examining Perceptions of References to a Target’s Race as Offensive

October 2026publication date
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Language and Linguistics;
Linguistics and Language;
Anthropology;
Sociology and Political Science;
Education;
Social Psychology;
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Abstract:
We examined majority group members’ perceptions of racial slurs, compared to what we have labeled as combination terms. These combination terms possess the same semantic and pragmatic linguistic functions as racial slurs, functioning to express negative emotion toward, and to describe, a target. We then examined whether participants higher in social dominance beliefs reported greater perceived justification for using combination terms over racial slurs because of their lack of historical denigration of marginalized groups that racial slurs have. Indeed, an important implication is that race-marking, an understudied area of social psychology, paired with general derogative terms produces terms which may function similarly to racial slurs, but, fortunately, are also similarly vilified in modern society.
Keywords:
derogation; overt prejudice; pejoratives; racial slurs; racism

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