racial

From race +‎ -ial.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪʃəl/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃəl

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racial (comparative more racial, superlative most racial)

1. Of or relating to a race (or a people).

   the racial complexion

   racial stereotypes

   racial remarks

   racial profiling

   racial discrimination

   • 1712, The Art Melodious - Observations of a Musician, page 36:

     From a musical point of view, the modern Iberian seems a fac-simile of the mediæval Frenchman. Barring out racial distinctions, they both live in an analogous environment.

   • 1854, W. Stevens, Printer (publishers), The Leisure Hour - An Illustrated Magazine for Home Reading · Volume 3, page 678:

     Such extremes have always been characteristic of the barbarous northmen, and we may not be wrong in referring to racial causes for the solution of this problem of contrarieties otherwise inexplicable.

   • 2022 May 2, Zachary Goldberg, “Explaining Shifts in White Racial Liberalism: The Role of Collective Moral Emotions and Media Effects”, in Georgia State University‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 January 2025, page 1:

     Coincidentally, support for race-conscious policies, such as affirmative action, financial reparations for slavery, and race-based government assistance, have reached record highs. In fact, by some measures, the racial liberalism of white Democrats and liberals has even surpassed that of their non-white counterparts.

racial (plural racials)

1. (gaming) A skill possessed by all characters of a certain race.

• "racial" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 248.

• Alaric, Arcila, Claira

From raça +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.siˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ra.siˈal]

racial m or f (masculine and feminine plural racials)

1. racial

• raça

• “racial”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From race +‎ -ial.

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.sjal/

racial (feminine raciale, masculine plural raciaux, feminine plural raciales)

1. racial

• race
• racialement
• racialiser

• “racial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• raclai

• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: ra‧cial

racial m or f (plural raciais)

1. racial

• “racial”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

From raça +‎ -ial.

racial m or f (plural raciais)

1. (relational) race (of people); racial
2. (biology, relational) race or subspecies (of a population); racial
3. (relational) breed (of animal); racial

Borrowed from English racial; compare raza (“race”).

• IPA^(key): /raˈθjal/ [raˈθjal] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /raˈsjal/ [raˈsjal] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ra‧cial

racial m or f (masculine and feminine plural raciales)

1. racial

• “racial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024