monoracial
monoracial adjective: of a single race (ethnicity).
Adjective
monoracial (not comparable)
- Of a single race (ethnicity).
- Once we decide that his presence is temporary, we shall all, in South and North, work together not only to educate the black man for his destiny, but also to prepare the South gradually for a monoracial rather than a biracial civilization.1914, Thomas Pearce Bailey, Race Orthodoxy in the South: And Other Aspects of the Negro Question, page 361
- But the film recently opened at No. 1 in a key market, Japan, displacing Mr. Smith’s “Pursuit of Happyness” (from Sony Pictures Entertainment) and putting two films with black stars atop the box office in a largely monoracial country that had has not always been easy for African-American performers.2007 February 28, Michael Cieply, “Films With Black Stars Seek to Break International Barriers”, in New York Times
- Synonyms:
- uniracial
Synonyms of monoracial
Origin of monoracial
From mono- + racial.
Words formed from monoracial
Questions about monoracial
- What does monoracial mean?
- Monoracial means of a single race (ethnicity).
- What part of speech is monoracial?
- Monoracial is an adjective.
Words near monoracial in the dictionary
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