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racial

[ rey-shuhl ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the social construct of race:

    racial diversity;

    racial stereotypes.

  2. (no longer in technical use) of, relating to, or characteristic of one race or the races of humankind.


racial

/ ˈɪʃə /

adjective

  1. denoting or relating to the division of the human species into races on grounds of physical characteristics
  2. characteristic of any such group
  3. relating to or arising from differences between the races

    racial harmony

  4. of or relating to a subspecies
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • c· adverb
  • t·c adjective
  • ԴDz·c adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of racial1

First recorded in 1860–65; race 2 + -ial
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Example Sentences

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It's gross, and it's coming at a high cost for the families involved and the larger community, ratcheting up racial tensions and sowing paranoia, all over a case that is already heart-wrenching enough.

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"There was a lot of racial tension," she tells me.

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Baseball is not immune to racial prejudice and, unfortunately, neither is this particular White House.

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At the Legacy Museum, visitors experience 400 years of American history that includes enslavement, racial terrorism, and mass incarceration.

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Since then, the ANC has made "black empowerment" a central pillar of its economic policy in an attempt to tackle the racial injustices of the past.

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