transracial

adjective

trans·​ra·​cial (ˌ)tran(t)s-ˈrā-shəl How to pronounce transracial (audio)
(ˌ)tranz-
: involving, encompassing, or extending across two or more races (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
transracial adoption

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For instance, Lea Wait’s mass-market crime novel Shadows at the Spring Show, published in 2005, goes so far as to make anger over the transracial adoption the motive for a string of grisly murders in a small town. H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 23 Apr. 2025 Her short film, FOUND is being used to start conversations within the transracial adoptee community, and TOO MANY BODIES was supported by NoRAnow.org and Survivors Empowered, advocating for gun reform. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2025 And though trainings in transracial and inter-country adoptions have greatly improved over the past few decades, there's still room for improvement in that area, Hanlon says. David Oliver, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024 Reporter Char Adams dives into the ethics of transracial adoption and talks to both white adoptive parents and Black adoptees about their experiences. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for transracial

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First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of transracial was in 1925

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“Transracial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transracial. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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