Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ur-race

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables: ur-race
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A primitive, primordial, or original race; a proto-race

noun

Alternative form of ur-race.

Example Sentences

"The Jew, then, was at once seen as the definitive race and an equivocal one – at once the embodiment of an Ur-race and the composite body of a mongrel race."
"Günther adduced from this fact that the characteristics of the ur-race could be determined from close observation of contemporary Armenians."
"“Aryanism” broadened but also still racialized ideas about the origins of civilization by incorporating all speakers of Indo-European languages, including Indian speaker of Sanskrit-based tongues, into a single, civilizing ur-race, as in Sir Henry Maine's Taming Cannibals."

Etymology

From ur- (“primal, original”) + race.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ur

Inflected Forms

ur-races (plural)

Phrases

ur-racial

Questions

What does ur-race mean?: A primitive, primordial, or original race; a proto-race
Where does ur-race come from?: From ur- (“primal, original”) + race.

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