racial

[rey-shuhl]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to the social construct of race.
racial diversity;
racial stereotypes.
(no longer in technical use) of, relating to, or characteristic of one race or the races of humankind.

racial

/ ˈ��ɪʃə�� /

adjective

denoting or relating to the division of the human species into races on grounds of physical characteristics
characteristic of any such group
relating to or arising from differences between the races
racial harmony
of or relating to a subspecies

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Other Word Forms

racially adverb
antiracial adjective
nonracial adjective
ˈ�� adverb

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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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The wide-scale arrests and detainments — often in the region’s largely Latino neighborhoods — contain hallmarks of racial profiling and other due process violations.

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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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“�� 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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Rachmanism racialism

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