racial

[rey-shuh l]

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

Related formsra·cial·ly, adverban·ti·ra·cial, adjectivenon·ra·cial, adjective

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Examples from the Web for racially

Contemporary Examples of racially

The 1988 presidential race is rightly remembered for its focus on demagogic and racially coded appeals.
Why Isn’t Prison Justice on the Ballot This Tuesday?
Inimai Chettiar, Abigail Finkelman
November 1, 2014
But will his racially charged rhetoric make him a liability instead?
The Far-Right Radio Host Who Could Deliver the Senate to the GOP
Ben Jacobs
October 6, 2014
“It really is a struggle [to cast ethnically and racially accurate roles],” says the casting director.
White Guys Still Get The Best Bible Roles in Hollywood
Lewis Beale
September 13, 2014
In 1950, Peter Pan Records released an audio version of the story with the racially neutral title Little Brave Sambo.
Pancakes and Pickaninnies: The Saga of ‘Sambo’s,’ The ‘Racist’ Restaurant Chain America Once Loved
Andrew Romano
June 30, 2014
Delegates voted down a resolution to condemn the Washington Redskins team name as racially offensive.
Southern Baptists Take Baby Steps Away from the Culture Wars
Ruth Graham
June 14, 2014

Historical Examples of racially

Neither was their personality stamped in any way, professionally, socially or racially.
The Secret Agent
Joseph Conrad
We are what we are by reason of what we have already been, as well individually as racially.
Second Sight
Sepharial
Racially of course they are different from us as they are different from each other.
Paris Vistas
Helen Davenport Gibbons
The Bulgar wanted the Macedonian to be one with him nationally, as he is racially.
The Iron Ration
George Abel Schreiner
It will also be brought into essential harmony politically and racially.
The United Seas
Robert W. Rogers

British Dictionary definitions for racially

racial

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 racesracial harmony

of or relating to a subspecies

Derived Formsracially, adverb

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Word Origin and History for racially

racial

adj.

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

racially in Medicine

racial

[rā′shəl]

adj.

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

Arising from or based on differences among human racial groups.

Related formsra′cial•ly adv.