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ra·cial

 (rā′shəl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of race or races.
2. Arising from or based on differences among human racial groups: racial conflict; racial discrimination.
ra′cial·ly adv.
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Adv.1.racially - with respect to race; "racially integrated"
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racially

[ˈreɪʃəlɪ] ADV → racialmente
children of racially mixed parents → hijos mpl de padres de distintas razas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

racially

[ˈreɪʃəli] adv
racially diverse
a racially and economically diverse populace → une population ethniquement et économiquement diverse
racially mixed
children of racially mixed marriages → les enfants de mariages mixtes
racially motivated
The killings were racially motivated → Les meurtres avaient un caractère raciste.
racially segregated
racially segregated schools → des écoles où sévit la ségrégation raciale, des écoles où règne la ségrégation racialeracially motivated adj [attack, crime, violence, incident] → à caractère raciste
to be racially motivated [attack, crime] → avoir un caractère raciste
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

racially

adv offensive, sensitive → in Bezug auf die Rasse; abused → aufgrund or auf Grund seiner Rasse, in Bezug auf die Rasse; diverse → multikulturell; pure → rassisch; he is racially bias(s)ed → er hat Rassenvorurteile; to be of racially mixed parentage → gemischtrassige Eltern haben; racially mixed marriage → gemischtrassige Ehe; the schools were racially integrated → die Schulen waren multikulturell; racially superior → rassenmäßig überlegen; to be racially motivated (riots etc) → rassistisch motiviert sein; a racially motivated attack → ein ausländerfeindlicher Überfall or Angriff
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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He was plotting and preparing a war with patience, with foresight--with a fidelity to his purpose and with a steadfastness of which I would have thought him racially incapable.
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Yet the smirking old women, however wrong individually, were racially correct.
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