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Topic: ANTHROPOLOGY

racial

 adjective
     
ra‧cial
1 [only before noun] relating to the relationships between different races of people who now live in the same country or areaCOLLOCATIONS COLLOCATIONS
racial discrimination/prejudice/harassment/hatred racial attack/violence/abuse racial segregation (=when people of different races are kept apart) racial equality/harmony racial tension
This part of the community needs to be protected from racial prejudice.
the campaign for racial equality
the need for tolerance and racial harmony
2SA relating to the various races that humans can be divided into [↪ ethnic]:
a broad range of racial and ethnic groups
people of different racial origin
—racially adverb:
They live in a racially mixed area.
Police officers believe the attack was racially motivated.
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