Definition of Biracial

1. Adjective. Consisting of or combining two races. "A biracial committee"

Similar to: Racial

Definition of Biracial

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to two races ¹

2. Adjective. Having parents of two races ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Biracial

1. including members of two races [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Biracial

bipyramidal
bipyramids
bipyrazole
bipyridine
bipyridines
bipyridinium
bipyridyl
biquadrate
biquadratic
biquadratic equation
biquadratic polynomial
biquadratically
biquadratics
biquinary
biquintile
biracial (current term)
biracialism
biracialisms
biradial
biradially
biradiate
biradiated
biradical
biradicaloid
biradicals
biramose
biramous
biraphid
biraryl
birational

Literary usage of Biracial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life by Norman B. Anderson, Rodolfo A. Bulatao, Barney Cohen (2004)
"This has created a sizable population of biracial (black-white) persons. ... biracial individuals born after the civil rights movement were much more likely ..."

2. Publication of the American Sociological Society by American Sociological Association (1918)
"Of particular significance to the present inquiry—the personality of individuals of biracial ancestry—are the biological traits of race in their ..."

3. Foster Care: Implementation of the Multiethnic Placement Act Poses Difficult by David D. Bellis (1999)
"In particular, it uses racial categories established by the Bureau of the Census, which lack a biracial category. Without the ability to analyze biracial ..."

4. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1896)
"... Matthias, Janow ; finally, as the alma mater of Huss, schoolman, reformer, and martyr, the biracial University of Prague foreshadowed in miniature the ..."

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