Definitions for racial
ˈreɪ ʃəlracial

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.4 / 5 votes

1. racialadjective

   of or related to genetically distinguished groups of people

   "racial groups"

2. racialadjective

   of or characteristic of race or races or arising from differences among groups

   "racial differences"; "racial discrimination"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. racialadjective

   Of or relating to a race or a people

   the racial complexion

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Racialadjective

   of or pertaining to a race or family of men; as, the racial complexion

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:2.7 / 3 votes

1. Racial

   rā′si-al, adj. relating to lineage, peculiar to a race.—adv. Rā′cially.

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'racial' in Adjectives Frequency: #783

Anagrams for racial »

1. Alaric

2. Claira

How to pronounce racial?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of racial in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of racial in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of racial in a Sentence

1. Scott Olson/Getty Images:

   We see that racial bias across all forms. It's not just in policing, that’s just something that our society deals with, unfortunately in this country. There have been plenty of studies, there are plenty of bias tests that -- that people can take. And when you look and analyze the data from those tests, it shows that most people have a – a bias and a bias in particular towards Black and Brown individuals in this country, no matter if you’re White, Black, Hispanic, just like Mr. Crump alluded to.

2. Jeremy Levitt:

   He's a racial arsonist.

3. Nikole Hannah-Jones:

   Reparations for African Americans are based on paying restitution for 250 years of slavery followed by 100 years of racial apartheid, which we often call Jim Crow. So it's really an attempt to address both the moral harm, and the crime that slavery and Jim Crow were, but also the wealth gap that was created by both of these institutions.

4. Cameron McWhirter:

   In the midst of all that, we have America's racial problem.

5. William Barr:

   Just like a physical body, the body politic must have an immune system that resists anti-Semitism and other forms of racial hatred.

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