Biracial
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Biracial is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to two races.
Meaning
Of or pertaining to two races.
More Meanings
- A person belonging to two races.
Example Sentences
Some Americans would certainly see Ms. Harris — the first nominee of a major party who would be both a woman and biracial, with Jamaican and Indian heritage — as a transformational, inspiring figure.
Black-white biracials who are Baptist may be more inclined than nonreligious black-white biracials to identify as singularly black because they perceive a stronger emotional racial attachment to African Americans.
Word Forms
- bi-racial
- biracials
Synonyms for biracial
Depending on context, synonyms include racial.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include racial, half-breed, mestizo, metis, mixed-blood, mixed-race.
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