Multiracial vs Polyracial - What's the difference?
multiracial | polyracial | Synonyms |
An individual of more than one race.
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Including multiple races
Multiracial is a synonym of polyracial.
As adjectives the difference between multiracial and polyracial
is that multiracial is composed of, or having a mixture of, multiple races while polyracial is including multiple races.As a noun multiracial
is an individual of more than one race.multiracial
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Noun
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polyracial
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Adjective
(-)- We have a polyracial community.