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RACIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or characteristic of race or races or arising from differences among groups
Example:
racial discrimination
Classified under:
Similar:
biracial (consisting of or combining two races)
interracial (between races)
multiracial (made up of or involving or acting on behalf of various races)
racist (based on racial intolerance)
Antonym:
nonracial (not racial; having nothing to do with race or races)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or related to genetically distinguished groups of people
Example:
racial groups
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
race (people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock)
Derivation:
race (people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock)
Context examples:
A minority is a group that is outnumbered by persons who do not belong to it, often people with different nationality, religion, culture or lifestyle from that of the mainstream in the society; racial or ethnic groups officially recognized by the U.S. government as minority populations.
(Minority Group, NCI Thesaurus)
