transracial

== English == === Etymology === From trans- +‎ racial. === Adjective === transracial (not comparable) Encompassing more than one race of people; interracial. Synonym: transrace (rare) transracial adoption ― adoption by person(s) of one race of a child of another race (neologism, rare) Identifying as a member of a different race of people than the race into which one was born. Hyponym: transblack For quotations using this term, see Citations:transracial. ==== Usage notes ==== The second sense, which came to prominence in 2015 in connection with Rachel Dolezal, is criticized (especially by transracial adoptees) as an "erroneous, ahistorical" appropriation of the term. === See also === RCTA transethnic, interethnic === References === === Anagrams === intrascalar