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postracist

postracist adjective: after the decline of racism, or its transformation into a less overt form.

Adjective

postracist (not comparable)

  1. After the decline of racism, or its transformation into a less overt form.
    • In “The Race Card” Richard Thompson Ford, a professor at Stanford Law School, offers the cabdriver problem as a classic illustration of why racial prejudice is so hard to identify and address in an era he defines as postracist, when the social and legal meaning of racism, he writes, “is in a state...2008 February 6, William Grimes, “Colorblind Conclusions on Racism”, in New York Times

Origin of postracist

From post- + racist.

Questions about postracist

What does postracist mean?
Postracist means after the decline of racism, or its transformation into a less overt form.
What part of speech is postracist?
Postracist is an adjective.

Words near postracist in the dictionary

  1. postrachitic
  2. postracial
  3. postraciality
  4. postracially
  5. postracism
  6. postracist
  7. postradiation
  8. postradical
  9. postradioembolization
  10. postradiosurgical
  11. postradiotherapy

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