单词 | sinetic |
释义 | Sineticadj. Chinese. In early use often with wider reference to East Asian peoples viewed as constituting a single racial or cultural group with China at its centre (cf. Sinesian adj.). Cf. Sinitic adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > the Chinese > [adjective] Seric1587 Chinesian1625 Sinaean1639 Sinic1650 Sinetic1849 sinicized1854 Sinitic1859 Chink1899 1849 H. Stebbing tr. A. Neander Gen. Hist. Christian Relig. & Church V. ii. 115 We may look for a surer determination of the question from the more accurate knowledge of Sinetic literature [Ger. der sinesischen Literatur] in modern times. 1860 Q. Rev. Jan. 88 The sea on the one hand, and the impassable tableau of Thibet and terrible jungles of Cunbodgia upon the other, most effectually secured the unity of the Sinetic race. 1898 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 144 Their low foreheads, leering Sinetic eyes, the lewd lips and heavy hair. 1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 21 Dec. x. 13/1 A nation reflecting Sinetic, Indic and Malay cultures, yet always very Thai. 2014 H. J. Wiarda Dispatches from Frontlines iii. 155 The Western and the Sinetic cultures and populations remain apart, separate, and unassimilated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1849 |
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