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transrace en · ADJ

Etymology

From trans- + race.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, uncommon) Synonym of transracial (“interracial”).
    • This includes domestic cross-race adoption (also called transrace adoption) as well as international adoption (also called intercountry or transnational adoption). 2015, Janet M. Bennett, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Intercultural Competence, →ISBN:
    • A Bitter Herb dramatizes, with acute insight, what have again become contemporary debates around the proposed re-introduction of transrace adoption. 2012, Hidden Gems Volume Two: Contemporary Black British Plays, →ISBN:
    • There is considerable evidence supporting a biological explanation for whites. Much less data exist for African-Americans. We need more data related to African-American adoption studies and transrace adoption studies. 1998, Enhancing Learning in Training and Adult Education, →ISBN, page 149:
  2. (not-comparable, uncommon) Synonym of transracial (“identifying with a different race”).
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:transrace.

Synonyms

transracial · transracial

transrace en · NOUN

Etymology

From trans- + race.

Meanings

  1. (uncommon, uncountable) The state of being transracial.