nonethnic

American  

[non-eth-nik] / nɒnˈɛθ nɪk /

Also nonethnical

adjective

1. not of or associated with any particular ethnic background or group.

   some of the best nonethnic cooking in town.

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Other Word Forms

• nonethnically adverb

Etymology

Origin of nonethnic

non- + ethnic

Example Sentences

Of all the revolutionary comedians of the era such as Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce and Shelley Berman, Nachman wrote, “Newhart was the most Everyman of them all — nonethnic, nonabrasive, non-angst-ridden, non-you-name-it. ... His mild-mannered, quizzical nature worked like a sedative for the increasing craziness of the time.”

From Los Angeles Times

Nonethnic Oromos have also been brazenly attacked by mobs, according to anecdotes from inside the beleaguered country.

From Fox News

For Burmese Americans like me, children of exiles who left the country in the 1960s or 1970s as a brutal military regime seized power, nationalized industries and expelled nonethnic Burmese, it was hard to know Burma.

From Washington Post

"I'd heard an uninflected accent, a nonethnic name and pictured … a white girl," she says.

From Los Angeles Times

The earliest days of Major League Baseball were overwhelmingly nonethnic.

From New York Times