interracial

[in-ter-rey-shuhl]

adjective

1. of, involving, or for members of different racial groups.

   interracial amity.

interracial

/ ˌɪntəˈreɪʃəl /

adjective

1. conducted, involving, or existing between different races or ethnic groups

Other Word Forms

• interracially adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of interracial¹

First recorded in 1885–90; inter- + racial

Example Sentences

Kacie was quick to give her assurance that being an interracial couple wasn’t an issue.

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“Senator, my wife and I are an interracial couple, so if that case were wrongly decided I would be in big trouble,” Tung said.

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Remember, this movie came out in the mid-1980s when interracial relationships between Black men and white women weren’t usually foregrounded in action blockbusters.

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Early in his career, Falwell gave a sermon in which he declared that integration “will destroy our race eventually,” warning that after school desegregation, legalized interracial marriage would be next.

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In its early days, the Mann Act was used by federal prosecutors as a way to criminalise some forms of consensual activity, including interracial relationships.

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Related Words

• multicultural