"racialize" meaning in English

See racialize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: racializes [present, singular, third-person], racializing [participle, present], racialized [participle, past], racialized [past]
Etymology: From racial + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|racial|ize}} racial + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} racialize (third-person singular simple present racializes, present participle racializing, simple past and past participle racialized)
  1. To categorize or treat in racial terms.
    Sense id: en-racialize-en-verb-0NGOTydE Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 63 37
  2. To adapt or alter to conform with the ethnic qualities of a particular race.
    Sense id: en-racialize-en-verb-2GiSqdJS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: racialise Derived forms: anti-racialize, racialization Related terms: ethnize, ethnization, ethnicize, ethnicization

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1902 March 8, “Literature”, in The Athenænum, number 3880, page 299:",
          "text": "If Mr. [W. B.] Yeats had not broken clean away from his Irish forerunners his poetry would not have delighted anybody save the resolute patriot. We say this not because we wish to rob Ireland of her legitimate glory, but because we think her glory will be dimmed if Irish poetry be too selfishly racialized.",
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          "ref": "1918, A. M. Trawick, “The Play Life of Negro Boys and Girls”, in James E. McCulloch, editor, Southern Sociological Congress, page 356:",
          "text": "As a race, negroes sing well and dance well, but they have made no distinct contribution to the play-life of nations. It is a matter of no little significance that the negro, while he has been singing his own melodies into the heats of all nations, has yet no folk-games, no race, pageants, no adequate rhythmic movements to accompany his own music. His games are pitiful imitations. The dance, to the degree he has racialized it, is not among the achievements he is proud to claim.",
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