Transracialism
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The quality of spanning or belonging to more than one race of people. uncountable
"The '60s produced the identity politics Obama decries, but they were also a time when transracialism became a driving force, especially among the young. This was the spark that gave the counterculture its funky fire."
- 2 The quality of being transracial, or identifying as another race than the one that one was born into. uncountable
"Therefore, regardless of whether there is a physiological cause of or predisposition to the desire to change sex, I don't think such a cause or predisposition can consistently be required by the rejecter in order for transracialism to be legitimate."
Example
More examples"The '60s produced the identity politics Obama decries, but they were also a time when transracialism became a driving force, especially among the young. This was the spark that gave the counterculture its funky fire."
Etymology
From transracial + -ism.
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