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interracialism

interracialism noun: the mixing of races or ethnicities.

Noun

interracialism (usually uncountable, plural interracialisms)

  1. (usually) The mixing of races or ethnicities.
    • But Central Point, which had been a visibly mixed-race community since the 19th century, was home to a secret but paradoxically open interracialism.2008 May 14, Brent Staples, “Loving v. Virginia and the Secret History of Race”, in New York Times

Forms of interracialism

pluralinterracialisms

Origin of interracialism

From interracial + -ism.

Questions about interracialism

What does interracialism mean?
Interracialism means the mixing of races or ethnicities.
What part of speech is interracialism?
Interracialism is a noun.
What is the plural of interracialism?
The plural of interracialism is interracialisms.

Words near interracialism in the dictionary

  1. interquels
  2. interquery
  3. interquintile
  4. interrace
  5. interracial
  6. interracialism
  7. interracialisms
  8. interracialist
  9. interracialists
  10. interraciality
  11. interracialization

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