Meanings
adjectivepostracial (not comparable)
alternative post-racial
- not comparableNo longer bound by racial divisions.
The country is entering a postracial era.
1 more example
(Tracy Morgan was more irreverent: while accepting the Golden Globe on behalf of “30 Rock,” he announced he was now the face of postracial America.)
2009 January 11, Alessandra Stanley, “Back in Business, Tears and Thanks Included”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pós
- Proto-Indo-European*pósti
- Proto-Italic*posti
- Old Latinposte
- Latinpost
- Englishpost-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁reh₁s-
- Proto-Germanic*rēsō
- Proto-West Germanic*rās
- Old Englishrǣs
- Proto-Germanic*rēsō
- Old Norserás
- Middle Englishrace
- Englishrace
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishracial
- Englishpostracial
Cite this entry
APA
postracial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postracial
MLA
“postracial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postracial. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postracial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postracial.
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