Transracial

adj

adj ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Encompassing more than one race of people; interracial. not-comparable

    "transracial adoption"

  2. 2
    Identifying as a member of a different race of people than the race into which one was born. neologism, not-comparable, rare

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:transracial."

Synonyms

All synonyms
transracetransrace

Example

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""If someone can be transgender, why can't I be transracial?" "Because there hasn't been a documented medical condition for hundreds of years that causes a person to feel distress about their race, and we haven't proven through centuries of empirical research that the best way to treat this is for them to change their outer appearance.""

Etymology

From trans- + racial.

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