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Definition of racial
1 : of, relating to, or based on a race a racial minority
2 : existing or occurring between races racial equality
From the M-W Editors
Examples of racial in a Sentence
What is your racial identity?
There was racial tension on campus.
Recent Examples of racial from the Web
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While tensions have been running high in recent years between police and black people around the country, there was no immediate indication the killing had a racial dimension.
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Snowfall is full of moments like this—scenes and interludes that attempt to put the complex racial and geopolitical dynamics of the 1980s drug trade in context.
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Umpire Angel Hernandez filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against Major League Baseball.
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Wigdor’s class-action suit involves allegations of sexual and racial harassment.
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On Thursday, Donald Trump nominated lawyer Eric Dreiband to head the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, which is in charge of issues like racial discrimination and LGBTQ rights, Mic reports.
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And then there’s the Williams sisters’ 13-year boycott of the Indian Wells tournament after crowds in 2001 booed, hurled racial epithets and accused them of fixing matches.
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Racial tensions began simmering in East St. Louis—a city where thousands of blacks had moved from the South to work in war factories—as early as February 1917.
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The U is no exception, exploring the longstanding racial and economic factors obstructing entry to the University of Miami.
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First Known Use of racial
1854
Other Sociology Terms
RACIAL Defined for English Language Learners
racial
playDefinition of racial for English Language Learners
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: relating to or based on race
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: existing or happening between people of different races
RACIAL Defined for Kids
racial
playDefinition of racial for Students
: of, relating to, or based on race a racial group
racially
adverbMedical Dictionary
racial
playMedical Definition of racial
: of, relating to, or based on a race
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