1
: of, relating to, or based on a race (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
a racial minority
2
: existing or occurring between races (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
racial equality
Examples of racial in a Sentence
What is your racial identity?
There was racial tension on campus.
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Their photos—a dark-skinned African immigrant bonding with White, blond children—offer a glimpse of another world beyond America’s persistent racial divisions.
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John Blake, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Groypers view traditional conservatism as being too moderate and believe shifting racial and cultural demographics pose an existential threat to white Americans, according to the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
—Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
But for a brief time, we were too focussed on our own racial grievances to see past them.
—Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
Russia's Influence Operations in 2016, Russia conducted extensive campaigns during the presidential election, employing fake personas, troll farms, and manipulated content to inflame racial, ideological, and cultural divisions.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
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John Blake, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Groypers view traditional conservatism as being too moderate and believe shifting racial and cultural demographics pose an existential threat to white Americans, according to the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
—Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
But for a brief time, we were too focussed on our own racial grievances to see past them.
—Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
Russia's Influence Operations in 2016, Russia conducted extensive campaigns during the presidential election, employing fake personas, troll farms, and manipulated content to inflame racial, ideological, and cultural divisions.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Racial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racial. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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racial
adjective
ra·cial
ˈrā-shəl 
: of, relating to, or based on a race
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