Meaning

To categorize or treat in racial terms..

Definitions by Sense

1. To categorize or treat in racial terms.
2. To adapt or alter to conform with the ethnic qualities of a particular race.

Example Sentences

There’s a growing consensus that a large proportion of racialized decisions is not driven by any conscious race discrimination, but that it is often just driven by unconscious, or subconscious, attitudes.

If Mr. [W. B.] Yeats had not broken clean away from his Irish forerunners his poetry would not have delighted anybody save the resolute patriot. We say this not because we wish to rob Ireland of her legitimate glory, but because we think her glory will be dimmed if Irish poetry be too selfishly racialized.

As a race, negroes sing well and dance well, but they have made no distinct contribution to the play-life of nations. It is a matter of no little significance that the negro, while he has been singing his own melodies into the heats of all nations, has yet no folk-games, no race, pageants, no adequate rhythmic movements to accompany his own music. His games are pitiful imitations. The dance, to the degree he has racialized it, is not among the achievements he is proud to claim.

Word Forms

• racializes
• racializing
• racialized
• racialise

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When Should You Use Racialize?

Use racialize when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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