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Definition of ethnic in English: ethnicadjective ˈɛθnɪkˈɛθnɪk 1Relating to a population subgroup (within a larger or dominant national or cultural group) with a common national or cultural tradition. ethnic and cultural rights and traditions leaders of ethnic communities Example sentencesExamples - An innovative Lancashire County Council scheme aims to recruit more teachers of ethnic and black origin.
- His celebration, his hopes and further aspirations should not just be seen as inspiration within the ethnic community.
- I know that in Christchurch where it was very difficult to get representatives from within small ethnic communities, that is exactly what I did.
- We seek help from within the ethnic communities to give us a balance as to what we are actually seeking to achieve.
- The production and distribution of rental housing was handled within the city's ethnic communities.
- These policy shifts stem from struggles over social dominance among cultural and ethnic groups within the larger society.
- The most promising developments in recent years have included the formation of historical societies within ethnic communities.
- He says Germany's 2 million-plus Turks are the country's largest foreign ethnic group.
- In recent years, rugby league has made giant strides in developing the interest and involvement in the game in indigenous and ethnic communities and its success will be on full parade on Sunday night.
- The company dates back to a time when they would sell their products within ethnic communities, before eventually expanding to include the other Australians.
Synonyms racial, race-related, ethnological, genetic, inherited cultural, national, tribal, ancestral, traditional, folk rare autochthonous - 1.1 Relating to national and cultural origins.
pupils from a wide variety of ethnic origins Example sentencesExamples - Do children tend to select heroes who are of their same ethnic background?
- All human beings were entitled to be treated equally, regardless of their ethnic or religious origins.
- Not only did a discourse of rights have to be created for Mexican immigrant farmworkers, but it also had to recognize the ethnic variation within the farmworker population.
- The Muslim community in America is made up of people from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds and national origins.
- People from more than a hundred different nationalities and as many cultural and ethnic origins were subsumed under a single national identity in Israel.
- Individuals who belong to high-risk ethnic groups might also benefit from a genetic evaluation and counseling.
- Kenya's rich cultural heritage is a mixture of ethnic and cultural traditions.
- As I have set out above, the school has for many years taught pupils from a wide variety of ethnic origins, cultural backgrounds and religious faiths.
- Assimilation is the process of giving up traditional ethnic identity and accepting the dominant group's culture.
- Malaysia's heritage has the distinction of being a harmonious blend of centuries-old culture, arts and traditions of different racial and ethnic communities.
- The patients and the controls were randomly selected and belonged to the same ethnic group.
- But regardless of age and status (employment, ethnic origin, marital status) women are much less likely than men to read the financial pages of the newspapers.
- I had hoped we had moved beyond the use of ethnic characteristics as ways to ridicule people.
- Mexico is a country with an enormously diverse cultural, ethnic, and racial population.
- They belonged to the same ethnic group and all were right handed.
- Do not prejudge or label people because of their cultural or ethnic origin.
- European law also provides protection from discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief and disability.
- In trials on people with hypertension, sex and ethnic characteristics were generally poorly documented.
- I'm not saying that Asians should shed their ethnic traditions by assimilating within the mainstream.
- He sternly reminded the airlines that it was illegal to discriminate against passengers based on their race, color, national or ethnic origin, or religion.
Synonyms race-related, ethnological - 1.2 Denoting origin by birth or descent rather than by present nationality.
ethnic Indian populations Example sentencesExamples - Since 1959 non-citizens within the ethnic Chinese population have been denied the right to run businesses in rural Indonesia.
- They were predominantly ethnic Albanian, but from different backgrounds - farmers, politicians and retirees.
- The reason for tabling the strategy was that 250,000 families of ethnic Turk origin make their living in the tobacco sector.
- He did acknowledge the emergence of a separatist movement within the ethnic Albanian population in the late 1980s.
- In 1998, just before then President Suharto stepped down, unrest and arson destroyed or damaged hundreds of properties belonging to ethnic Chinese in Solo.
- About 25 per cent of the university's students are Bulgarians of Turkish ethnic origin and Roma.
- And in Fiji, tensions continued between its indigenous and its ethnic Indian populations.
- Singaporeans have deliberately tried to suppress their ethnic Chinese cultural characteristics lest they provoke a counter-reaction from Muslims.
- This is especially true for those who are temporarily occupying houses belonging to ethnic Serbs who have returned or intend to return.
- They are, instead, a subset of the country's citizens: those who belong to the ethnic Slav majority.
- Macedonia came close to civil war last year, when ethnic Albanians staged an uprising demanding greater rights.
- The Constitution is designed to guarantee power-sharing between the country's indigenous Fijian and ethnic Indian populations.
- Not one of the pledges made by the Khmer Rouge then was adhered to; they refused to disarm and continued their campaign of terror in several parts of the country, killing many of ethnic Vietnamese origin.
- Three of them are said to be of ethnic Pakistani origin.
- Up to 11,000 people, mainly ethnic Albanians, were killed and some 3,000 are still registered as missing.
- They're predominantly ethnic Chinese, who suffered greatly at the hands of the country's military.
- Hundreds of properties belonging to ethnic Chinese in Solo were burned down in 1998 just before then President Suharto stepped down.
- Last year, three women of ethnic Bulgarian origin went on a hunger strike as a last resort in their desperation to seek protection from the state.
- 1.3 Characteristic of or belonging to a non-Western cultural tradition.
Example sentencesExamples - For children aged 5 to 7 there will be a fancy dress competition with ethnic costumes and ‘painting the flag’.
- Another feature of the festival is the ethnic dress.
- The ethnic instruments we carry are used in numerous styles of traditional music, from folk to Celtic to classical.
- The richness of their heritage became a legacy for all and their recordings dating back to the turn of the 20th century put Irish traditional music on a par with other ethnic world music forms.
- Dark blue walls shimmer with candlelight, a display case of market vegetables glows in the background and strains of ethnic music play at just the right level for conversation.
- The festival, to be held on October 9, features ethnic foods and music, craft booths, and food vendors.
- And despite the many different ethnic influences, the music seems to create an atmosphere that almost radiates from the CD player.
- It was while in Cornell that he began to be interested in ethnic music from India, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and also African as well as Western music.
- So there are now two photos of me in ethnic dress!
- He is now exploring ethnic music from around the world.
- Our patterns are based on ethnic designs, and are always faithful in spirit and approach to the African originals that have influenced their design.
- Antonio Marras is excellent in creating dresses in ethnic styles.
2archaic Neither Christian nor Jewish; pagan or heathen. Example sentencesExamples - Christmas is an imitation of the Saturnalia of the ethnic Romans, and so used as if Bacchus, and not Christ, were the God of Christians.
noun ˈɛθnɪkˈɛθnɪk dated, offensive A member of an ethnic minority.
Usage Ethnic is sometimes used in a euphemistic way to refer to non-white people as a whole, as in a radio station which broadcasts to the ethnic community in Birmingham. Although this usage is quite common, more specific terms such as ‘black’ or ‘Asian’ are preferable. Note that use of the word as a noun is often regarded as offensive, especially in British English, and is best avoided Origin Late Middle English (denoting a person not of the Christian or Jewish faith): via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek ethnikos 'heathen', from ethnos 'nation'. Current senses date from the 19th century. This, like gentile (see gentle), was first used for a person not belonging to the Christian or Jewish faith. It comes via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek ethnikos ‘heathen’, from ethnos ‘nation’. Current senses date from the mid 19th century. The phrase ethnic minority arose in the 1940s; references to ethnic cleansing are found in texts from the 1990s.
Definition of ethnic in US English: ethnicadjectiveˈeTHnikˈɛθnɪk 1Relating to a population subgroup (within a larger or dominant national or cultural group) with a common national or cultural tradition. leaders of ethnic communities Example sentencesExamples - He says Germany's 2 million-plus Turks are the country's largest foreign ethnic group.
- An innovative Lancashire County Council scheme aims to recruit more teachers of ethnic and black origin.
- I know that in Christchurch where it was very difficult to get representatives from within small ethnic communities, that is exactly what I did.
- His celebration, his hopes and further aspirations should not just be seen as inspiration within the ethnic community.
- The most promising developments in recent years have included the formation of historical societies within ethnic communities.
- The company dates back to a time when they would sell their products within ethnic communities, before eventually expanding to include the other Australians.
- We seek help from within the ethnic communities to give us a balance as to what we are actually seeking to achieve.
- The production and distribution of rental housing was handled within the city's ethnic communities.
- These policy shifts stem from struggles over social dominance among cultural and ethnic groups within the larger society.
- In recent years, rugby league has made giant strides in developing the interest and involvement in the game in indigenous and ethnic communities and its success will be on full parade on Sunday night.
Synonyms racial, race-related, ethnological, genetic, inherited - 1.1 Relating to national and cultural origins.
two playwrights of different ethnic origins Example sentencesExamples - The Muslim community in America is made up of people from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds and national origins.
- Kenya's rich cultural heritage is a mixture of ethnic and cultural traditions.
- Individuals who belong to high-risk ethnic groups might also benefit from a genetic evaluation and counseling.
- Do not prejudge or label people because of their cultural or ethnic origin.
- Mexico is a country with an enormously diverse cultural, ethnic, and racial population.
- Do children tend to select heroes who are of their same ethnic background?
- They belonged to the same ethnic group and all were right handed.
- Not only did a discourse of rights have to be created for Mexican immigrant farmworkers, but it also had to recognize the ethnic variation within the farmworker population.
- The patients and the controls were randomly selected and belonged to the same ethnic group.
- As I have set out above, the school has for many years taught pupils from a wide variety of ethnic origins, cultural backgrounds and religious faiths.
- I'm not saying that Asians should shed their ethnic traditions by assimilating within the mainstream.
- European law also provides protection from discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief and disability.
- People from more than a hundred different nationalities and as many cultural and ethnic origins were subsumed under a single national identity in Israel.
- Malaysia's heritage has the distinction of being a harmonious blend of centuries-old culture, arts and traditions of different racial and ethnic communities.
- He sternly reminded the airlines that it was illegal to discriminate against passengers based on their race, color, national or ethnic origin, or religion.
- Assimilation is the process of giving up traditional ethnic identity and accepting the dominant group's culture.
- I had hoped we had moved beyond the use of ethnic characteristics as ways to ridicule people.
- But regardless of age and status (employment, ethnic origin, marital status) women are much less likely than men to read the financial pages of the newspapers.
- In trials on people with hypertension, sex and ethnic characteristics were generally poorly documented.
- All human beings were entitled to be treated equally, regardless of their ethnic or religious origins.
Synonyms race-related, ethnological - 1.2 Denoting origin by birth or descent rather than by present nationality.
ethnic Albanians in Kosovo Example sentencesExamples - The Constitution is designed to guarantee power-sharing between the country's indigenous Fijian and ethnic Indian populations.
- They are, instead, a subset of the country's citizens: those who belong to the ethnic Slav majority.
- The reason for tabling the strategy was that 250,000 families of ethnic Turk origin make their living in the tobacco sector.
- Since 1959 non-citizens within the ethnic Chinese population have been denied the right to run businesses in rural Indonesia.
- They're predominantly ethnic Chinese, who suffered greatly at the hands of the country's military.
- He did acknowledge the emergence of a separatist movement within the ethnic Albanian population in the late 1980s.
- Three of them are said to be of ethnic Pakistani origin.
- This is especially true for those who are temporarily occupying houses belonging to ethnic Serbs who have returned or intend to return.
- Macedonia came close to civil war last year, when ethnic Albanians staged an uprising demanding greater rights.
- They were predominantly ethnic Albanian, but from different backgrounds - farmers, politicians and retirees.
- Hundreds of properties belonging to ethnic Chinese in Solo were burned down in 1998 just before then President Suharto stepped down.
- Singaporeans have deliberately tried to suppress their ethnic Chinese cultural characteristics lest they provoke a counter-reaction from Muslims.
- Not one of the pledges made by the Khmer Rouge then was adhered to; they refused to disarm and continued their campaign of terror in several parts of the country, killing many of ethnic Vietnamese origin.
- Up to 11,000 people, mainly ethnic Albanians, were killed and some 3,000 are still registered as missing.
- In 1998, just before then President Suharto stepped down, unrest and arson destroyed or damaged hundreds of properties belonging to ethnic Chinese in Solo.
- And in Fiji, tensions continued between its indigenous and its ethnic Indian populations.
- Last year, three women of ethnic Bulgarian origin went on a hunger strike as a last resort in their desperation to seek protection from the state.
- About 25 per cent of the university's students are Bulgarians of Turkish ethnic origin and Roma.
- 1.3 Characteristic of or belonging to a non-Western cultural tradition.
Example sentencesExamples - So there are now two photos of me in ethnic dress!
- The ethnic instruments we carry are used in numerous styles of traditional music, from folk to Celtic to classical.
- The richness of their heritage became a legacy for all and their recordings dating back to the turn of the 20th century put Irish traditional music on a par with other ethnic world music forms.
- Dark blue walls shimmer with candlelight, a display case of market vegetables glows in the background and strains of ethnic music play at just the right level for conversation.
- The festival, to be held on October 9, features ethnic foods and music, craft booths, and food vendors.
- It was while in Cornell that he began to be interested in ethnic music from India, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and also African as well as Western music.
- And despite the many different ethnic influences, the music seems to create an atmosphere that almost radiates from the CD player.
- Antonio Marras is excellent in creating dresses in ethnic styles.
- Our patterns are based on ethnic designs, and are always faithful in spirit and approach to the African originals that have influenced their design.
- Another feature of the festival is the ethnic dress.
- He is now exploring ethnic music from around the world.
- For children aged 5 to 7 there will be a fancy dress competition with ethnic costumes and ‘painting the flag’.
- 1.4archaic Neither Christian nor Jewish; pagan or heathen.
Example sentencesExamples - Christmas is an imitation of the Saturnalia of the ethnic Romans, and so used as if Bacchus, and not Christ, were the God of Christians.
nounˈeTHnikˈɛθnɪk offensive, dated A member of an ethnic minority.
Origin Late Middle English (denoting a person not of the Christian or Jewish faith): via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek ethnikos ‘heathen’, from ethnos ‘nation’. Current senses date from the 19th century. |