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proto-racial

proto-racial adjective: of or relating to early or formative racial ideas or ideology.

Adjective (1)

proto-racial (comparative more proto-racial, superlative most proto-racial)

  1. Of or relating to early or formative racial ideas or ideology

Adjective (2)

proto-racial (comparative more proto-racial, superlative most proto-racial)

  1. Of or relating to a proto-race

Forms of proto-racial

comparativemore proto-racial
superlativemost proto-racial

Origin of proto-racial

From proto- + racial.

From proto-race + -ial.

Questions about proto-racial

What does proto-racial mean?
Proto-racial means of or relating to early or formative racial ideas or ideology.
What part of speech is proto-racial?
Proto-racial is an adjective.

Words near proto-racial in the dictionary

  1. proto-priests
  2. proto-prog
  3. proto-punk
  4. proto-race
  5. proto-races
  6. proto-racial
  7. proto-racism
  8. proto-racisms
  9. proto-racist
  10. proto-racists
  11. proto-rap

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