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nonrace

nonrace adjective: not relating to race (groups of people with common ancestry).

Adjective

nonrace (not comparable)

  1. Not relating to race (groups of people with common ancestry).

Noun

nonrace (plural nonraces)

  1. An event that is not a race (competitive run).
    • The reporter in me that was bored to tears by last year’s nonrace is inclined to be thrilled by the introduction of something, anything, to stir things up.2009 June 29, David Carr, “Oscars Need Less, Not More”, in New York Times

Forms of nonrace

pluralnonraces

Origin of nonrace

From non- + race.

Questions about nonrace

What does nonrace mean?
Nonrace means not relating to race (groups of people with common ancestry).
What part of speech is nonrace?
Nonrace can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonrace in the dictionary

  1. nonquranic
  2. nonrabbinic
  3. nonrabbinical
  4. nonrabbit
  5. nonrabid
  6. nonrace
  7. nonracemic
  8. nonraces
  9. nonracial
  10. nonracialism
  11. nonracially

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