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racial [ˈreɪʃəl] adj
1. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) denoting or relating to the division of the human species into races on grounds of physical characteristics 2. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) characteristic of any such group 3. (Sociology) relating to or arising from differences between the races racial harmony 4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) of or relating to a subspecies racially adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
racial adjective ethnic, ethnological, national, folk, genetic, tribal, genealogical the protection of national and racial minorities Translations racial [ˈreɪʃəl] adj [bias, equality, harmony, justice] → racial(e); [hatred, violence, harassment, attack, abuse] → racial(e); [segregation, tension] → racial(e); [diversity] → racial(e) racial discrimination racial discrimination n → discrimination f raciale racial harassment n → persécution f raciste racial adj → rassisch, Rassen-; pride → auf die Rasse; racial discrimination → Rassendiskriminierung f; racial equality → Rassengleichheit f; racial minority → rassische Minderheit; racial prejudice → Rassenvorurteil nt; racial violence → rassistische Gewalt; to promote racial harmony → das harmonische Zusammenleben der verschiedenen Rassen fördern; to do something on racial grounds → etw aus rassistischen Gründen tun; to vote along racial lines → entsprechend der Rassenzugehörigkeit wählen racial [ˈreɪʃ/əl] adj (tension) → razziale; (harmony, equality) → fra le razze racial [ˈreɪʃ/əl] adj (tension) → razziale; (harmony, equality) → fra le razze How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Though the Britons were conquered and chiefly supplanted later on by the Anglo-Saxons, enough of them, as we shall see, were spared and intermarried with the victors to transmit something of their racial qualities to the English nation and literature. It is a power that is partly racial and partly individual: a power impregnated with some mysterious quality, partly hypnotic, partly mesmeric, which seems to take away from eyes that meet them all power of resistance--nay, all power of wishing to resist. Talu gave us careful directions for the journey to Kadabra, the capital city of the Okar nation, which is the racial name of the yellow men. |
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