racial

Pluralracials

1. 1
   adjective

   Relating to a race, or to a particular people.

   The report examined racial disparities in hiring across the industry.

   Lawmakers debated whether the new policy carried a hidden racial bias.

   Similarethnic

2. 2
   nouncountable

   A special ability shared by every character belonging to a particular in-game race.

   The latest patch rebalanced every racial to keep the classes competitive.

   Players often pick their character's race for its powerful racials.

   Note

   Gamers turned the adjective into a countable noun. A racial is an ability a character has simply by belonging to a race, apart from whatever class, level or skills the player picks. It takes the plural racials and sits naturally in talk about patches, builds and balance. The noun belongs to game talk. Elsewhere, readers will hear the ordinary adjective and look for the missing noun.

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