Misrace
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To incorrectly identify someone's race. rare
"More recently, Fram had an acrimonious semantic debate with a high-profile transgender editor over whether referring to them as "xe" constituted misgendering. It culminated in an ugly claim by Fram that he would not be misracing a black person by calling them the n-word, only being racist."
Example
More examples"More recently, Fram had an acrimonious semantic debate with a high-profile transgender editor over whether referring to them as "xe" constituted misgendering. It culminated in an ugly claim by Fram that he would not be misracing a black person by calling them the n-word, only being racist."
Etymology
From mis- + race, influenced by misgender.
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