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deracializing

deracializing is the present participle and gerund of deracialize.

Meaning of deracialize

Verb

deracialize (third-person singular simple present deracializes, present participle deracializing, simple past and past participle deracialized)

  1. 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

Questions about deracializing

What is deracializing the present participle and gerund of?
Deracializing is the present participle and gerund of deracialize.

Words near deracializing in the dictionary

  1. deracialization
  2. deracializations
  3. deracialize
  4. deracialized
  5. deracializes
  6. deracializing
  7. deracinate
  8. deracinated
  9. deracinates
  10. deracinating
  11. deracination

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