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racial

[rey-shuh l]
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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.

Origin of racial

First recorded in 1860–65; race2 + -ial
Related formsra·cial·ly, adverban·ti·ra·cial, adjectivenon·ra·cial, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for antiracial

racial

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 racesracial harmony
  4. of or relating to a subspecies
Derived Formsracially, adverb
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Word Origin and History for antiracial

racial

adj.

1862, from race (n.2) + -ial. Related: Racially.

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antiracial in Medicine

racial

(rā′shəl)
adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of race or races.
  2. Arising from or based on differences among human racial groups.
Related formsra′cial•ly adv.
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