multiracial
English edit
Etymology edit
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Adjective edit
multiracial (comparative more multiracial, superlative most multiracial)
Usage notes edit
In 2006 British anthropological surveys by Peter J. Aspinall et al, out of 75 general population respondents who identified as “mixed race” and one who did not, three found the term “multiracial” offensive and two indicated it was a preferred term. Out of 311 student respondents who identified as “mixed race” and 15 who did not, seven found the term “multiracial” offensive and 32 indicated it was a preferred term.[1]
Translations edit
of, or having a mixture of, multiple races
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Noun edit
multiracial (plural multiracials)
- An individual of more than one race.
- 2008 March 23, Peggy Orenstein, “Mixed Messenger”, in New York Times[2]:
- Hawaii, Obama’s childhood home, is the most diverse state in the Union: 21 percent of residents identified as “Hapa,” a Hawaiian word meaning “half” that has gone from being a slur against mixed-race Asians to a point of pride — and has increasingly been adopted by multiracials of all kinds on the Mainland.
References edit
- ^ Aspinall, Peter J. (2009 April) “'Mixed Race', 'Mixed Origins' or What? Generic Terminology for the Multiple Racial/Ethnic Group Population”, in Houtman, Gustaaf, editor, Anthropology Today[1], volume 25, number 2, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, , →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2010-07-15, pages 3–8
French edit
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multiracial (feminine multiraciale, masculine plural multiraciaux, feminine plural multiraciales)
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Further reading edit
- “multiracial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.