"race feeling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: race feelings [plural]
Etymology: Calque of German Rassengefühl, from Rasse (“race”) + Gefühl (“feeling”). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|de|Rassengefühl}} Calque of German Rassengefühl, {{compound|de|Rasse|Gefühl|nocat=1|t1=race|t2=feeling}} Rasse (“race”) + Gefühl (“feeling”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} race feeling (plural race feelings)
  1. (historical) Love of one's own race, or hatred of other races. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Racism Synonyms: racial feeling, race-feeling
    Sense id: en-race_feeling-en-noun-9uqIPjKB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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