multiracial
/ˌmʌltiˈɹeɪʃəl/
multiracial adjective: composed of, or having a mixture of, multiple races.
Adjective
multiracial (comparative more multiracial, superlative most multiracial)
- Composed of, or having a mixture of, multiple races.
- Coined by Taiye Selasi (2005) and Achille Mbembe (2007), the term refers to an Afrocosmopolitan ethos of transcending national differences to forge multiracial communities. Fostered by recent histories of migration and globalization as[…]2018 July 27, Gerard Delanty, Routledge International Handbook of Cosmopolitanism Studies: 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN
- “When you say that multiculturalism is ‘not who America is’ and ‘distorts our glorious founding’ you unwittingly confirm the argument of the 1619 Project: That though we were … a multiracial nation from our founding, our founders set forth a government of white rule. Cool,” she wrote on Twitter...2021 January 19, Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Nicole Gaouette, “Pompeo attacks multiculturalism, saying it is ‘not who America is’”, in CNN
Noun
multiracial (plural multiracials)
- An individual of more than one race.
- Hawaii, Obama’s childhood home, is the most diverse state in the Union: 21 percent of residents identified as “Hapa,” a Hawaiian word meaning “half” that has gone from being a slur against mixed-race Asians to a point of pride — and has increasingly been adopted by multiracials of all kinds on the...2008 March 23, Peggy Orenstein, “Mixed Messenger”, in The New York Times
Forms of multiracial
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more multiracial |
| superlative | most multiracial |
| Noun | |
| plural | multiracials |
Origin of multiracial
From multi- + racial.
Words formed from multiracial
Words that rhyme with multiracial
- glacial
- facial
- unifacial
- bifacial
- equifacial
- microfacial
- palatial
- parafacial
- spatial
- subglacial
- abbatial
- acousticofacial
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- acrofacial
- basifacial
- biracial
- brachyfacial
- buccofacial
- cardiofacial
- centrofacial
- cephalofacial
- cervicofacial
- cofacial
- craniofacial
- curatial
- cytofacial
- dentofacial
- distofacial
- dolichofacial
- enantiofacial
- endofacial
- englacial
- epifacial
- exofacial
- extrafacial
- gustofacial
- hemifacial
- interglacial
- intrafacial
- labiofacial
- linguofacial
- lithofacial
- mandibulofacial
- maxillofacial
- mesiofacial
- mesofacial
- midfacial
- minifacial
- multifacial
- musculofacial
- nasofacial
- nonfacial
- nonracial
- nonspatial
- oculofacial
- odontofacial
- orofacial
- oromaxillofacial
- orthofacial
- panfacial
- perifacial
Questions about multiracial
- What does multiracial mean?
- Multiracial means composed of, or having a mixture of, multiple races.
- What part of speech is multiracial?
- Multiracial can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce multiracial?
- Multiracial is pronounced /ˌmʌltiˈɹeɪʃəl/.
Words near multiracial in the dictionary
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