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ethnic
[ eth-nik ]
adjective
- pertaining to or characteristic of a people, especially a group ethnic group sharing a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like.
- referring to the origin, classification, characteristics, etc., of such groups.
- being a member of an ethnic group, especially of a group that is a minority within a larger society:
ethnic Chinese in San Francisco.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of members of such a group.
- belonging to or deriving from the cultural, religious, or linguistic traditions of a people or country:
ethnic dances.
Synonyms: indigenous, national, native
- (of a human being) displaying characteristics, as in physical appearance, language, or accent, that can cause one to be identified by others as a member of a minority ethnic group:
Her new boyfriend looks ethnic to me.
- Obsolete. pagan; heathen.
noun
- a member of an ethnic group.
ethnic
/ ˈɛθnɪk; ɛθˈnɪsɪtɪ /
adjective
- relating to or characteristic of a human group having racial, religious, linguistic, and certain other traits in common
- relating to the classification of mankind into groups, esp on the basis of racial characteristics
- denoting or deriving from the cultural traditions of a group of people
the ethnic dances of Slovakia
- characteristic of another culture
the ethnic look
ethnic food
noun
- a member of an ethnic group, esp a minority group
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Derived Forms
- ˈethnically, adverb
- ethnicity, noun
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Other Words From
- ethni·cal·ly adverb
- inter·ethnic adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ethnic1
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Example Sentences
But a 2011 study of genetic evidence from 30 ethnic groups in India disproved this theory.
His New Deal Coalition brought together Southerners, Northern ethnic minorities, and urban blacks under the same banner.
He proposed among other things that police departments must better reflect the ethnic makeup of the populace.
How does a complicated ethnic background inform someone's experiences?
Army officials also allege that he worked for ethnic rebels as a “communications captain.”
The people whose institutions and ideas he is examining are members of a given ethnic group.
The former country has ever been subject to periodic ethnic disturbances and changes.
But beyond this there is the more delicate investigation of the ethnic element in folklore.
First of all by the enforcement of a sociological system in distinct opposition to, and in defiance of all ethnic conditions.
Islam attempts nothing unnatural of this kind—nothing that is opposed to ethnic conditions and sociological usages.
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