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种族 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ethnicity noun The fact of belonging to a group defined by shared ancestry, culture, or nationality; or that group itself.
  • race noun A contest to see who is fastest at reaching a goal.

Senses

种族 is used for these senses in English:

  • ethnicity The common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry, culture, language or national experiences.
  • race A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics (see Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race):

race — full definition

  1. noun A contest to see who is fastest at reaching a goal.
  2. noun A group of people classed together based on shared ancestry or physical characteristics.
  3. verb To compete to see who can get somewhere or finish something first.

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