transracialism

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noun

The quality of spanning or belonging to more than one race of people.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nountransracialism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe 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. uncountableThe 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

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APA

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

MLA

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Chicago

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