Biracial

adj, noun

adj, noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person belonging to two races.

    "Black-white biracials who are Baptist may be more inclined than nonreligious black-white biracials to identify as singularly black because they perceive a stronger emotional racial attachment to African Americans."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to two races. not-comparable

    "Some Americans would certainly see Ms. Harris — the first nominee of a major party who would be both a woman and biracial, with Jamaican and Indian heritage — as a transformational, inspiring figure."

Adjective
  1. 1
    consisting of or combining two races wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
racial

Example

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"Sami was attracted to biracial girls."

Etymology

From bi- + racial.

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