interracial

/,intə'reiʃəl/

Thân thiện

An interracial couple walks hand in hand through a sunny city park.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Involving or composed of different races: Describes something that includes or relates to people of more than one racial group.
   • Between races: Describes interactions, relationships, or conflicts occurring between distinct racial groups.

Usage

The adjective "interracial" is used to describe situations, groups, institutions, or dynamics that involve multiple racial groups. It is a formal term often used in sociological, political, and demographic contexts.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The university promotes interracial dialogue and understanding.
  • They come from an interracial family.
  • The study focused on interracial marriage trends over the past century.

Advanced Usage

• "Interracial dynamics": Refers to the complex ways different racial groups interact within a society or organization.
  • The workshop addressed the interracial dynamics in the workplace.
• "Interracial solidarity": Denotes unity and cooperative support between different racial groups.
  • The movement was built on a foundation of interracial solidarity.

Variants and Related Words

• Interracially (adverb): In a way that involves different races.
  • The community lives interracially and harmoniously.
• Multiracial (adjective): Consisting of or involving several races. (Note: "Multiracial" often describes the composition of a group itself, while "interracial" often describes interactions or relations groups).
  • The multiracial coalition supported the policy.

Synonyms

• Multiethnic: Involving several ethnic groups.
• Cross-racial: Extending across or involving different races.

Antonyms

• Intraracial: Existing or occurring within a single racial group.
• Homogeneous (in a racial context): Of the same kind; all of the same race.

Related Phrases

• Interracial relationship: A romantic or close personal relationship between people of different races.
  • Their interracial relationship was initially met with some family resistance.
• Interracial conflict: Disagreement, tension, or hostility between racial groups.
  • The policy aimed to reduce interracial conflict in the city.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. involving or composed of different races
   • interracial schools
   • a mixed neighborhood
2. between races
   • interracial conflict

Từ đồng nghĩa

• mixed