deracialize
deracialize verb: to treat in nonracial terms; to remove the racialization of.
Verb
deracialize (third-person singular simple present deracializes, present participle deracializing, simple past and past participle deracialized)
- To treat in nonracial terms; to remove the racialization of.
- Clearly it would be absurd to suggest its elimination in those societies in which rights are apportioned directly or indirectly on a racial basis. One could not deracialize South African society, for example, without it ceasing to be South African […]1986, John Rex, Race and Ethnicity, →ISBN
- Given this legacy, any power with a democratic state project in post-colonial Africa confronted a dual task: first, simultaneously to deracialize civil power and deethnicize customary power; and then, […]2002, Mahmood Mamdani, When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and the Genocide in Rwanda, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 30
Forms of deracialize
| third-person singular present | deracializes |
|---|---|
| present participle | deracializing |
| past participle | deracialized |
| past | deracialized |
| alternative form | deracialise |
Origin of deracialize
From de- + racialize.
Questions about deracialize
- What does deracialize mean?
- Deracialize means to treat in nonracial terms; to remove the racialization of.
- What part of speech is deracialize?
- Deracialize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of deracialize?
- The past tense of deracialize is deracialized.
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