1
: of, relating to, or based on a race (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
a racial minority
2
: existing or occurring between races (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
racial equality
Examples of racial in a Sentence
What is your racial identity?
There was racial tension on campus.
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Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
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Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
Safe Black SpaceSafe Black Space is the umbrella under which various services are offered to address people of African ancestry’s individual and community reactions to cultural and racial trauma.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 6 Sep. 2025
The latest court filing seeks to toss the entirety of his conviction, claiming that Tran appeared guided by implicit racial bias.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Topics range from public health, to cost of living and affordable housing, to racial demographics and how the loss of population has affected New Orleans’ political power and representation post-Katrina.
—Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Racial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racial. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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racial
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ra·cial
ˈrā-shəl 
: of, relating to, or based on a race
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