Definitions

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  • adjective Of a single race (ethnicity).

Etymologies

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mono- +‎ racial

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Examples

  • Even some so-called monoracial kids are down for the cause.

    Color My World 2008

  • 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

  • What is wrong with you monoracial girls this afternoon?

    One Flight Up Susan Fales-Hill 2010

  • What is wrong with you monoracial girls this afternoon?

    One Flight Up Susan Fales-Hill 2010

  • 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.

    A Word Lesson On "Miscegenation" 2007

  • "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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • "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.

    A Word Lesson On "Miscegenation" 2007

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