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racenicity

racenicity noun: a social construct combining race and ethnicity.

Noun

racenicity (uncountable)

  1. (neologism, rare) A social construct combining race and ethnicity.

Origin of racenicity

Blend of race + ethnicity, coined by Pepi Leistyna in a paper published in 1999.

Questions about racenicity

What does racenicity mean?
Racenicity means a social construct combining race and ethnicity.
What part of speech is racenicity?
Racenicity is a noun.

Words near racenicity in the dictionary

  1. racemosides
  2. racemous
  3. racemule
  4. racemules
  5. racemulose
  6. racenicity
  7. racepath
  8. racepaths
  9. racephedrine
  10. racephedrines
  11. racepinephrine

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