interracialism

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noun

The mixing of races or ethnicities.

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Meanings

nouninterracialism (usually uncountable, plural interracialisms)

plural interracialisms

  1. uncountableusuallyThe mixing of races or ethnicities.

    But Central Point, which had been a visibly mixed-race community since the 19th century, was home to a secret but paradoxically open interracialism.

    2008 May 14, Brent Staples, “Loving v. Virginia and the Secret History of Race”, in New York Times

Origin

From interracial + -ism.

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APA

interracialism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interracialism

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Chicago

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