biracial

See also: bi-racial

English

Alternative forms

• bi-racial

Etymology

From bi- +‎ racial.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃəl

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

biracial (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to two races.
   • 2024 July 24, Jeremy W. Peters, Audra D. S. Burch, Clyde McGrady, “Black Voters Feel Excited, and Worried, about a Kamala Harris Campaign”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     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.

Usage notes

In 2006 British anthropological surveys by Peter J. Aspinall et al, out of 311 student respondents who identified as “mixed race” and 15 who did not, 19 found the term “biracial” offensive and 13 indicated it was a preferred term.

Derived terms

• biracialism
• biracially

 

Translations

of or pertaining to or stemming from two races.

• Finnish: kaksirotuinen
• German: zweirassig
• Russian: двухра́совый (dvuxrásovyj)
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• multiracial

Noun

biracial (plural biracials)

1. A person belonging to two races.
   • 2018, Lauren Davenport, Politics Beyond Black and White, page 60:

     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.

Anagrams

• cibarial