ethnic

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/ˈɛθ.nɪk/ English

Definitions

noun

An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.
An ethnic minority.
A heathen, a pagan.
(in classical scholarship) the demonym of an Ancient Greek city

adjective

Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.“There are many ethnic Indonesians in the Netherlands”
Characteristic of a foreign, usually non-Western culture.“I like to eat ethnic food”
Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.
Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.

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Synonyms

exotic gentile pagan cultural ethnical social ethnicity racial racially multiethnic multiracial nationality multi-ethnic ethnically racism nation tribe racist

Associated

cleansing amharic minorities georgians pashtun minority romani serb groups macedonian tensions

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