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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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Other 51Թ Forms

  • racially adverb
  • antiracial adjective
  • nonracial adjective
  • ˈ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of racial1

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

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The racial profiling that has resulted in law enforcement harassing American citizens.

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Lord Adebowale said he would not call the NHS racist, but instead believed it was riven with inequalities, particularly racial inequalities.

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“We are all documented, but we just look the part. I know there’s a lot of racial profiling going on.”

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“What has been brought to our city has been racial profiling in a way that I have never experienced it in my career,” she said.

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There is a problem with making policy decisions based on the unfounded belief that poverty is about people with bad moral character making bad choices, or on debunked racial tropes of undeserving “welfare queens.”

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