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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024eth•ni•cal (eth′ni kəl),USA pronunciation adj. - Anthropology, Sociologyethnic.
- Anthropology, Sociologyof, pertaining to, or concerned with ethnology.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024eth•nic /ˈɛθnɪk/USA pronunciation adj. - Anthropology, Sociology[before a noun] relating to or characteristic of a people, esp. a group (ˈeth•nic ˈgroup) sharing a common and distinctive culture.
n. [countable] - Sociologya member of an ethnic group or minority.
eth•ni•cal•ly, adv.: ethnically diverse groups in the city. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024eth•nic (eth′nik),USA pronunciation adj. - Anthropology, Sociologypertaining to or characteristic of a people, esp. a group (eth′nic group′) sharing a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like.
- Anthropology, Sociologyreferring to the origin, classification, characteristics, etc., of such groups.
- Anthropology, Sociologybeing a member of an ethnic group, esp. of a group that is a minority within a larger society:ethnic Chinese in San Francisco.
- Anthropology, Sociologyof, pertaining to, or characteristic of members of such a group.
- Anthropology, Sociologybelonging to or deriving from the cultural, racial, religious, or linguistic traditions of a people or country:ethnic dances.
- [Obsolete.]pagan;
heathen. n. - Anthropology, Sociologya member of an ethnic group.
- Greek ethnikós. See ethno-, -ic
- Late Latin ethnicus
- Middle English ethnik heathen 1325–75
eth′ni•cal•ly, adv. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged native, national, indigenous; cultural, racial.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ethnic /ˈɛθnɪk/, ethnical adj - 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 people: the ethnic dances of Slovakia
- characteristic of another culture
n - chiefly US Austral a member of an ethnic group, esp a minority group
Etymology: 14th Century (in the senses: heathen, Gentile): from Late Latin ethnicus, from Greek ethnikos, from ethnos raceˈethnically adv ethnicity /ɛθˈnɪsɪtɪ/ |