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racial definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or related to genetically distinguished groups of people; "racial groups"
2: of or characteristic of race or races or arising from differences among groups; "racial differences"; "racial discrimination" [ant: nonracial]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1862 1. of, relating to, or based on a race <a racial minority> 2. existing or occurring between races <racial equality> • racially adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 of or concerning race (racial diversities; racial minority). 2 on the grounds of or connected with difference in race (racial discrimination; racial tension). Derivatives: racially adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Racial Ra"cial, a. Of or pertaining to a race or family of men; as, the racial complexion.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Racial describes things relating to people's race. ...the protection of national and racial minorities. ...the elimination of racial discrimination. ADJ: usu ADJ n • racially We are both children of racially mixed marriages... ADV: ADV -ed/adj, ADV with cl