ethnic
[ eth-nik ]
/ ˈɛθ nɪk /
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adjective
noun
a member of an ethnic group.
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Origin of ethnic
OTHER WORDS FROM ethnic
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Example sentences from the Web for ethnic
“It is a combination of ethnics, extreme leftists, and misguided people,” he said.
Rather, the Democrats got more liberal, on crime and bussing, and the white ethnics who felt victimized by these policies fled.
Later writers have expressed divergent views regarding the ethnics of the British Isles.
Ancient Man in Britain|Donald A. (Donald Alexander) MackenzieThe which when both Christians and Ethnics beheld, every one applied to his proper religion.
British Dictionary definitions for ethnic
ethnic
ethnical
/ (ˈɛθnɪk) /
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 peoplethe ethnic dances of Slovakia
characteristic of another culturethe ethnic look; ethnic food
noun
mainly US and Australian a member of an ethnic group, esp a minority group
Derived forms of ethnic
ethnically, adverbethnicity (ɛθˈnɪsɪtɪ), nounWord Origin for ethnic
C14 (in the senses: heathen, Gentile): from Late Latin ethnicus, from Greek ethnikos, from ethnos race
usage for ethnic
Referring to a person as an ethnic is broadly acceptable in the US, Australia and Canada, but could well cause offence in the UK and elsewhere
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