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transracialism

transracialism noun: the quality of spanning or belonging to more than one race of people.

Noun

transracialism (uncountable)

  1. The quality of spanning or belonging to more than one race of people.
    • The '60s produced the identity politics Obama decries, but they were also a time when transracialism became a driving force, especially among the young. This was the spark that gave the counterculture its funky fire.2011, Laura Flanders, Richard Goldstein, Dean Kuipers, The Contenders, page 67
  2. The quality of being transracial, or identifying as another race than the one that one was born into.
    • Therefore, regardless of whether there is a physiological cause of or predisposition to the desire to change sex, I don't think such a cause or predisposition can consistently be required by the rejecter in order for transracialism to be legitimate.2004, John P. Rowan, War and Terrorism, page 187

Origin of transracialism

From transracial + -ism.

Questions about transracialism

What does transracialism mean?
Transracialism means the quality of spanning or belonging to more than one race of people.
What part of speech is transracialism?
Transracialism is a noun.

Words near transracialism in the dictionary

  1. transpyloric
  2. transpyloric plane
  3. transpyloric planes
  4. transrace
  5. transracial
  6. transracialism
  7. transraciality
  8. transracially
  9. transradial
  10. transradially
  11. transrate

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