PASSING

Passing

Racial passing refers to a person classified as a member of one racial group also accepted as a member of a different racial group. The term was used especially in the U.S. to describe a person of mixed-race heritage assimilating into the white majority during times when legal and social conventions of hypodescent classified the person as a minority, subject to racial segregation and discrimination.

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passing

Noun

  1. Death, dying; the end of something.
  2. The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another.
  3. The act of approving a bill etc.
  4. The act of passing a ball etc. to another player.
  5. A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings.

Verb

passing

Adjective

  1. That passes away; ephemeral.
  2. Pre-eminent, excellent, extreme.
  3. vague, cursory.

Adverb

  1. Surpassingly, greatly.


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