race feeling
race feeling noun: love of one's own race, or hatred of other races.
Noun
race feeling (plural race feelings)
- Love of one's own race, or hatred of other races.
- there is what is called the race feeling, by which is meant the natural antipathy between races of different coloured skins—a feeling which, however manifestly unreasonable, is difficult to overcome.1879, Monier Williams, Modern Indian and the Indians, Being a Series of Impressions, Notes, and Essays, 3rd edition, London: Trübner and Co., Ludgate Hill, page 176
- We cannot help fearing that the opportunity is being taken to make capital out of race feeling by nursing it into race antipathies.1885 August 10, “Race Differences”, in The Montreal Daily Witness, page 4
- Synonyms:
- racial feeling
Synonyms of race feeling
- racial feeling
Forms of race feeling
| plural | race feelings |
|---|---|
| alternative form | race-feeling |
Origin of race feeling
Calque of German Rassengefühl, from Rasse (“race”) + Gefühl (“feeling”).
Questions about race feeling
- What does race feeling mean?
- Race feeling means love of one's own race, or hatred of other races.
- What part of speech is race feeling?
- Race feeling is a noun.
- What is the plural of race feeling?
- The plural of race feeling is race feelings.
Words near race feeling in the dictionary
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