race card en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(derogatory, often) The invocation of a person's race in order to gain sympathy or an advantage.
“Was it because of his skin color? Or his skill?” he wrote. “We’ll never know, but always doubt — which on its face seems unfair to C.Q. But since he has made the race card one of his biggest calling cards, it doesn’t really much matter.”
2025 February 22, Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper, Jonathan Swan, quoting Pete Hegseth, “Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:to play the race card
- A printed card or pamphlet giving information about a series of horse races and listing the horses to be run; a racebook.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| race cards | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
racecard · play the race card (invocation of race to gain sympathy in a discussion)
Translations (4)
fi rotukortti (the invocation of a person's race in a discussion in order to gain sympathy) · fr programme des courses (printed card or pamphlet listing horses to be run in a horse race) · fi kilpailuohjelma (printed card or pamphlet listing horses to be run in a horse race) · de Rennprogramm (printed card or pamphlet listing horses to be run in a horse race)