Dictionary Definition
interracial adj
1 between races; "interracial conflict"
2 involving or composed of different races;
"interracial schools"; "a mixed neighborhood" [syn: mixed]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
inter- + racialAdjective
- Including two or more different races.
- Interracial marriages are getting more common these days thanks to globalization.
Translations
- Chinese: 界面 (jièmiàn)
- Finnish: rotujenvälinen
Extensive Definition
Interracial is an adjective related to
racial group. It can have different connotations in different
contexts:
- Interracial adoption means placing a child of one racial group or ethnic group with adoptive parents of another racial group or ethnic group.
- Interracial marriage is marriage between two people of differing racial groups.
- Interracial pornography is pornography depicting sexual activity between performers of different racial groups or ethnic groups.
- Miscegenation is a term used to describe the mixing of different racial groups. It refers to marrying, cohabiting, having sexual relations or procreating with a partner from outside of one's racially or ethnically defined social group.
- Multiracial (similar to biracial or mixed-racial group) is an adjective describing people who are not easily classified into a single racial group.
- The word "interracial" may be used in reference to the mixing of people of different racial groups that results from racial integration or desegregation.
- The Commission on Interracial Cooperation was an organization in the southern United States in the early 20th century.