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triracial

triracial adjective: of or relating to three races.

Adjective

triracial (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to three races.
    • Allen has an Afro-Caribbean mom and Chinese-Greek dad, making him triracial.
    • Within the Latin American triracial system, a great emphasis is placed on color gradations, phenotype, and class status when bestowing racial status, according to whether such factors closely approximate a notion of whiteness.2009, Evelyn Glenn, Shades of Difference: Why Skin Color Matters, →ISBN, page 243

Origin of triracial

From tri- + racial.

Words formed from triracial

Questions about triracial

What does triracial mean?
Triracial means of or relating to three races.
What part of speech is triracial?
Triracial is an adjective.

Words near triracial in the dictionary

  1. triquinane
  2. triquinanes
  3. triquinate
  4. trirachodontid
  5. trirachodontids
  6. triracial
  7. triracially
  8. triradial
  9. triradially
  10. triradiate
  11. triradiated

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