racial

[ rey-shuh l ]

/ ˈreɪ ʃəl /

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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.

Origin of racial

First recorded in 1860–65; race² + -ial

OTHER WORDS FROM racial

ra·cial·ly, adverb an·ti·ra·cial, adjective non·ra·cial, adjective

Words nearby racial

rachitic rosary, rachitis, rachitogenic, rachmaninoff, rachmanism, racial, racial memory, racial profiling, racial unconscious, racialism, racialize

Example sentences from the Web for racial

It demands an end to poverty and racial injustice, to which we are totally committed in our time.

Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society |Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch |January 4, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
The state was in a deep recession as Duke galvanized a racial backlash.

The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise |Jason Berry |January 3, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Every time a conservative pol gets caught in a racial mess, we hear the same weary and laughable tune.

Steve Scalise and the Right’s Ridiculous Racial Blame Game |Michael Tomasky |January 2, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
In fact, these kinds of advances helped give religion another huge window of opportunity for racial reconciliation in the 1960s.

No Gods, No Cops, No Masters |James Poulos |January 1, 2015 |DAILY BEAST

Public unions have also created conflict with racial minorities, another core Democratic Party constituency.

How Public Sector Unions Divide the Democrats |Daniel DiSalvo |December 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Only by the arrest or reversal of selection can a race degenerate—apart from the racial poisons.

Parenthood and Race Culture |Caleb Williams Saleeby
The racial, religious, and political antagonisms between the north and south of Ireland are well known, and can never be removed.

One Irish Summer |William Eleroy Curtis
More and more, he warned, the discrepancies among the services' racial practices were attracting public attention.

Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 |Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.
Avoid every situation that can give rise to racial ill-will.

Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights |Kelly Miller
And this sense of wrongs is the more acute in proportion to the racial propinquity of the offender.

Jefferson and his Colleagues |Allen Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for racial

racial

/ (ˈreɪʃəl) /

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

Derived forms of racial

racially, adverb

Medical definitions for racial

racial

[ rā′shəl ]

adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of race or races.

Arising from or based on differences among human racial groups.

Other words from racial

ra′cial•ly adv.

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