Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

race feeling

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.80 in modern English

Syllables: race feel-ing
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Love of one's own race, or hatred of other races.

Example Sentences

"there is what is called the race feeling, by which is meant the natural antipathy between races of different coloured skins—a feeling which, however manifestly unreasonable, is difficult to overcome."
"We cannot help fearing that the opportunity is being taken to make capital out of race feeling by nursing it into race antipathies."
"His race feeling is so strong that he seems to prefer Islam when taught by blacks to Christianity when brought by whites"

Etymology

Calque of German Rassengefühl, from Rasse (“race”) + Gefühl (“feeling”).

Inflected Forms

race feelings (plural) race-feeling (alternative)

Synonyms

racial feeling

Questions

What does race feeling mean?: Love of one's own race, or hatred of other races.
Where does race feeling come from?: Calque of German Rassengefühl, from Rasse (“race”) + Gefühl (“feeling”).

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