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racialization

racialization noun: the act or process of racializing, that is, of treating (a relationship, practice, person or group) in racial terms or of constituting (that person or group) as racial or as a race.

Noun

racialization (plural racializations)

  1. The act or process of racializing, that is, of treating (a relationship, practice, person or group) in racial terms or of constituting (that person or group) as racial or as a race.

Forms of racialization

pluralracializations
alternative formracialisation

Origin of racialization

From racialize + -ation or racial + -ization.

Words formed from racialization

Questions about racialization

What does racialization mean?
Racialization means the act or process of racializing, that is, of treating (a relationship, practice, person or group) in racial terms or of constituting (that person or group) as racial or as a race.
What part of speech is racialization?
Racialization is a noun.
What is the plural of racialization?
The plural of racialization is racializations.

Words near racialization in the dictionary

  1. racialistically
  2. racialists
  3. racialities
  4. raciality
  5. racializable
  6. racialization
  7. racializations
  8. racialize
  9. racialized
  10. racializer
  11. racializers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: racialization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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