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- adjective Of a single
race (ethnicity).
Etymologies
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Examples
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Even some so-called monoracial kids are down for the cause.
Color My World 2008
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I need to not let my worlds be monoracial, monocultural -- even when their models (Hollow-Boned Desire, '50s-ish America) are deeply segregated and problematic.
Statement of Intent, 7/30/09 kirizal 2009
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What is wrong with you monoracial girls this afternoon?
One Flight Up Susan Fales-Hill 2010
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What is wrong with you monoracial girls this afternoon?
One Flight Up Susan Fales-Hill 2010
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After all, the dilution of monoracial purity only comes through producing multiracial children, and this is the result that causes the hysteria in antimiscegenation laws.
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"Mixed race" can also be used to refer to groups of more than one monoracial identity, groups of multiracial individuals, bi - and multi-racial relations of all sorts.
SeeLight: 2007
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It doesn't really stick out in a place like the US, but it's noticeable in places like Korea or Japan which are essentially monoracial.
Tired of pink men. Ann Althouse 2009
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After all, the dilution of monoracial purity only comes through producing multiracial children, and this is the result that causes the hysteria in antimiscegenation laws.
SeeLight: 2007
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When referring to a group, it means either that the group is composed of multiracial individuals, or that the group is composed of monoracial individuals of two or more races.
SeeLight: 2007
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"Mixed race" can also be used to refer to groups of more than one monoracial identity, groups of multiracial individuals, bi - and multi-racial relations of all sorts.
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