racialise

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A form of racialize — To categorize or treat in racial terms.

OriginEnglish racial ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle English race →
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Meanings

verbracialise (third-person singular simple present racialises, present participle racialising, simple past and past participle racialised)

present singular third person racialises · participle present racialising · participle past racialised · past racialised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of racialize.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁reh₁s-
  2. Proto-Germanic*rēsō
  3. Proto-West Germanic*rās
  4. Old Englishrǣs
  5. Proto-Germanic*rēsō
  6. Old Norserás
  7. Middle Englishrace
  8. Englishrace
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Englishracial
  12. Englishracialise

From racial + -ise.

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APA

racialise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/racialise

MLA

“racialise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/racialise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “racialise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/racialise.

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