"monoracial" meaning in English

See monoracial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: mono- + racial Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mono|racial}} mono- + racial Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} monoracial (not comparable)
  1. Of a single race (ethnicity). Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-monoracial-en-adj-E4QtWpUd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mono-

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          "ref": "1914, Thomas Pearce Bailey, Race Orthodoxy in the South: And Other Aspects of the Negro Question, page 361",
          "text": "Once we decide that his presence is temporary, we shall all, in South and North, work together not only to educate the black man for his destiny, but also to prepare the South gradually for a monoracial rather than a biracial civilization.",
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          "ref": "2007 February 28, Michael Cieply, “Films With Black Stars Seek to Break International Barriers”, in New York Times",
          "text": "But the film recently opened at No. 1 in a key market, Japan, displacing Mr. Smith’s “Pursuit of Happyness” (from Sony Pictures Entertainment) and putting two films with black stars atop the box office in a largely monoracial country that had has not always been easy for African-American performers.",
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          "ref": "2015, Catherine Fisher Collins, Black Girls and Adolescents: Facing the Challenges",
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        "Of a single race (ethnicity)."
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