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racial

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ra·cial  (rshl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of race or races.
2. Arising from or based on differences among human racial groups: racial conflict; racial discrimination.

racial·ly adv.

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
Adj.1.racial - of or related to genetically distinguished groups of people; "racial groups"
2.racial - of or characteristic of race or races or arising from differences among groups; "racial differences"; "racial discrimination"
nonracial - not racial; having nothing to do with race or races; "his remarks were intended to be completely nonracial"; "a nonracial reason for the peremptory challenge of the juror"

racial
adjective ethnic, ethnological, national, folk, genetic, tribal, genealogical the protection of national and racial minorities
Translations
racial [ˈreɪʃəl]
A. ADJracial
B. CPD racial discrimination Ndiscriminación f racial
racial integration Nintegración f racial

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 ndiscrimination f raciale
racial harassment npersécution f raciste

racial
adjrassisch, Rassen-; prideauf die Rasse; racial discriminationRassendiskriminierung f; racial equalityRassengleichheit f; racial minorityrassische Minderheit; racial prejudiceRassenvorurteil nt; racial violencerassistische Gewalt; to promote racial harmonydas harmonische Zusammenleben der verschiedenen Rassen fördern; to do something on racial groundsetw aus rassistischen Gründen tun; to vote along racial linesentsprechend der Rassenzugehörigkeit wählen

racial [ˈreɪʃl] adj (tension) → razziale; (harmony, equality) → fra le razze
racial [ˈreɪʃl] adj (tension) → razziale; (harmony, equality) → fra le razze

racial عنصري rasový racemæssig rassisch φυλετικός racial rotu- racial rasni razziale 人種の 인종의 raciaal rase- rasowy racial расовый ras- ที่เกี่ยวกับเชื้อชาติ ırkla ilgili liên quan đến phân chia chủng tộc 种族的


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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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