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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 arose out of a 2023 lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for the company’s alleged toleration of widespread racial harassment of Black employees at its Fremont, Calif., factory.

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She said the bureau was also working on new grooming standards and updates to its racial equity plan.

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Trump's February order also opened the door for Afrikaaners to be admitted to the US as refugees, describing them as "victims of unjust racial discrimination".

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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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