racial

/ˈreɪʃəl/

/ˈreɪʃəl/

Something racial is related to the characteristics people have because of their genetic or ethnic origins. Racial differences sometimes lead to racial tension.

Members of the same racial group share a very old genetic connection — their ancestors lived in the same part of the world, and they're distantly related. When people talk about "racial diversity," they mean that many of these groups are represented, for example, in a single city. The noun race is at the heart of the adjective racial, and it comes from Old French, with an Italian root word, razza, "race, breed, lineage, or family."

Definitions of racial

1. adjective

   of or related to racially distinct groups of people
   “racial groups”
2. adjective

   of or characteristic of race or races or arising from differences among groups
   “racial differences”

   “racial discrimination”

   synonyms:

   biracial

   consisting of or combining two races

   interracial

   between races

   multiracial

   made up of or involving or acting on behalf of various races

   racist

   based on racial intolerance

   antonyms:

   nonracial

   not racial; having nothing to do with race or races