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

Under IWW organizers, “Bread and Roses” became the first successful interracial, cross-ethnic industrial strike in U.S. history.

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He denies the facts of the Holocaust, opposes interracial marriage, seeks “total Aryan victory,” and urges the rule of a “Catholic Taliban.”

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Now, even the protections that allowed an interracial couple like us to marry in the first place — Loving v.

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The Silver family is interracial, Lena being black, Sarah white, and Jonah biracial, their parents having married after their respective divorces and everyone converting to Judaism.

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

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Related Words

• multicultural