loading...| Preferred Name | race | |
| Synonyms |
racial category racial |
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| Definitions |
Race is a characteristic of an individual defined by some culturally-defined combination of heritable phenotypic characteristics, geographic ancestry, physical appearance, ethnicity, and social status. A grouping of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into categories generally viewed as distinct by society. The term was first used to refer to speakers of a common language and then to denote national affiliations. By the 17th century the term began to refer to physical (phenotypical) traits. Modern scholarship regards race as a social construct, an identity which is assigned based on rules made by society. While partially based on physical similarities within groups, race does not have an inherent physical or biological meaning. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_002199 |
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| alternate name |
races |
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| definition |
Race is a characteristic of an individual defined by some culturally-defined combination of heritable phenotypic characteristics, geographic ancestry, physical appearance, ethnicity, and social status. A grouping of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into categories generally viewed as distinct by society. The term was first used to refer to speakers of a common language and then to denote national affiliations. By the 17th century the term began to refer to physical (phenotypical) traits. Modern scholarship regards race as a social construct, an identity which is assigned based on rules made by society. While partially based on physical similarities within groups, race does not have an inherent physical or biological meaning. |
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| has related synonym |
racial category racial |
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| has synonym |
racial group racialized group |
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| is referenced by |
http://web.archive.org/web/20200721053627/https://sacred.omeka.net/glossary http://web.archive.org/web/20211201210025/https://lgbtqia.ucdavis.edu/educated/glossary |
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race |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings | ||
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| prefixIRI |
GSSO:002199 |
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| prefLabel |
race |
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