Ethnic

Word ETHNIC
Character 6
Hyphenation eth nic
Pronunciations /ˈɛθ.nɪk/

Definitions and meanings of "Ethnic"

What do we mean by ethnic?

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a group of people sharing a common cultural or national heritage and often sharing a common language or religion. adjective

Being a member of a particular ethnic group, especially belonging to a national group by heritage or culture but residing outside its national boundaries. adjective

Of, relating to, or distinctive of members of such a group. adjective

Relating to a people not Christian or Jewish. adjective

A member of a particular ethnic group, especially one who maintains the language or customs of the group. noun

Pertaining to race; peculiar to a race or nation; ethnological.

Pertaining to the gentiles or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan: opposed to Jewish and Christian.

A heathen; a gentile; a pagan. noun

A heathen; a pagan. noun

A member of an ethnic group. noun

Belonging to races or nations; based on distinctions of race; ethnological. adjective

Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan; -- opposed to Jewish and Christian. adjective

Of or pertaining to a group having a distinct racial, cultural, religious or linguistic character. adjective

Being a member of a distinct racial or cultural minority within a larger population. adjective

Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, national, religious or cultural origins. adjective

Belonging to a foreign culture. adjective

Heathen, not Judeo-Christian. adjective

An ethnic person, notably said when a foreigner or member of an immigrant community noun

An ethnic minority noun

An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.

An ethnic minority.

A heathen, a pagan.

(in classical scholarship) the demonym of an Ancient Greek city

A name white people gave to describe any body who isn't caucasian. Urban Dictionary

People having cultural origins Urban Dictionary

Ethnicity is the term for the culture of peoples in a geographic region. Ethnicity is being connected by language, heritage, religion, and customs. To be a member of an ethnic group is to conform to some or all of those practices. etc. Race is genetics and ethnicity is culture. Race and ethnicity can overlap, but they are distinct. Urban Dictionary

*A member from a particular ethnic group. *This group tends to be very old and can be traced down from generation to generation, and has a geographical location which is occupied by most of its members. * Memebers of this group, share the same customs, language, and culture, and belong to one race, and common ancestary, and some tend to be family oriented. Urban Dictionary

A hindrance that keeps peace from becoming a reality. Urban Dictionary

Similar to Educated, but a lot more important. A person who is familiar with ethnic terms, where to buy good kebabs, and knows how to recognise a Wog. Schools across the world should introduce this important new subject so that aussies and other non-ethnics can understand the life and world of an fully sik ethnic wog. Urban Dictionary

Being granted or denied a position/priviliges based on one's ethnicity Urban Dictionary

(noun) prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different ethnicity based on the belief that one's own ethnicity is superior. P.S THE WORD "RACISM" IS INCORRECT. THERE IS ONLY ONE RACE ON EARTH CALLED THE HUMAN RACE, THE WORD YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS "ETHNICISM". AS WE ARE MADE UP OF DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES NOT RACES. This was an error created in the past in US history and it is still continuing today, please change your vocabulary and use the correct word. Do some research and get your facts right.Back then they knew little, now we have discovered a lot. It's important that you use the right word. Thank God for Anthropology! Urban Dictionary

This word is a hybrid of ethical & ethnic. Opposite of racism. Urban Dictionary

When something has very good flavor Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Ethnic

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The word "ethnic" in example sentences

The man renowned as the “Butcher of the Balkans”—engineer of bloody ethnic wars across the former Yugoslavia, from Bosnia and Croatia to Kosovo, and whose actions created the term ethnic cleansing—hung on through debilitating sanctions and even a seventy-eight-day NATO bombing blitz in 1999 to force Serbian units out of Kosovo. ❋ Scott Peterson (2010)

"The term 'ethnic cleansing' did not yet exist, but the reality surely did," Judt writes. ❋ Gershom Gorenberg (2011)

This was the war that popularized the term "ethnic cleansing," a euphemism for the forced transfer of populations purely on the basis of their ethnic background or religion. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Through them it examines the broader conflict, which killed more than 100,000 people, displaced 2 million more and introduced the term "ethnic cleansing" to the lexicon of war. ❋ By LARRY ROHTER (2011)

The subject matter is a vivid and graphically explicit look at the fratricidal Bosnian war of the 1990s, which pitted Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia against each other along ethnic and religious lines, leaving an estimated 100,000 people dead, 50,000 women raped and introduced the term "ethnic cleansing" to the lexicon of war. ❋ John Hiscock (2012)

As the term ethnic cleansing has only recently been used since the war in Yugoslavia, I will revert to the term genocide to illustrate my point. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The term ethnic cleansing became synonymous with Bosnia, as Serb forces there loyal to and paid for by Milosevic tried to carve out a separate state by forcibly moving the non-Serb civilian population. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The term ethnic cleansing became synonymous with Bosnia, as Serb force there loyal to and paid for by Milosevic tried to carve out a separate state by forcibly moving the non-Serb civilian population. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The term ethnic cleansing became synonymous with Bosnia as Serb forces there loyal to and paid for by Milosevic tried to carve out a separate state by forcibly moving the non-Serb civilian population. ❋ Unknown (2006)

His often brutal methods gave rise to the term ethnic cleansing. ❋ Unknown (2002)

The term ethnic cleansing became synonymous with Bosnia, as Serb forces there loyal to Milosevic tried to carve out a separate state by forcibly moving the non-Serb civilian population. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Serbia has proven to be the new Nazi Regime of the Balkans; the term ethnic cleansing regained ... ❋ Unknown (2008)

2 Peshmerga—a term ethnic Kurds use for Kurdish fighters both men and women. ❋ Anna Badkhen (2010)

Many said they would feel safe only if foreign peacekeepers arrived, and they demanded an international probe into what they characterized as ethnic cleansing, warning of further violence if they don't get justice. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But guess why they stay home and suppress what they call ethnic unrest? ❋ Ivan Donn Carswell (2008)

Does this term ethnic cleansing describe what you've been seeing and hearing? ❋ Unknown (2008)

What the Russian's foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, has said, though, is that -- in the past few minutes -- is that he believes that Georgia is conducting what it calls ethnic cleansing inside South Ossetia. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Gates said a withdrawal would lead to a surge on what he called ethnic cleansing. ❋ Unknown (2007)

BJ: I like them [white chicks] boy Anthonii: Nah man [you frontin] I juss saw you with a black shawty yesterday BJ: Nah I aint frontin I [likw] tha white chicks but tha ethnic girls got that booty. ❋ MarMars (2006)

[i saw] [lots] of ethnic [people] ❋ Raretastic (2016)

A [Japanese-American] would [be a member] of the Japanese or [East Asian] race, but, if they don't practice any of the customs of their ancestors, or have no knowledge of the Japanese language they might not identify with the ethnicity, and instead consider themselves to be American. ❋ Crispy Waffles (2018)

[Four] people in [my history class] seem to be from the same [ethnic] group and have similar traditions. ❋ Slowpoison (2004)

The only race that matters is [the human race]. [Ethnicity] [separates] us. ❋ Snabelj (2008)

Muhammed: Johno [uleh], u should chek out the [fully sik] sound system i installed in my supra the other day, its so chronic bro! Johno: [Uleh]? fully sik? chronic? what are you talking about, what does that mean? Muhammed: Omg.. your so UN-ETHNICATED you stooge! ❋ Wog 001 (2008)

[Andre] only [got] into [college] because of an ethnicality ❋ Brummbaer456 (2006)

You would think that we are now in [the 21st century], [ethnicism] wouldn't exist anymore. Sadly, thats not the case, ethnicism is truly [still alive] and well today. ❋ T.B.T (2017)

When fast food restaurants market their advertisments to include all races, they are being ethnical. [Ali G] hung out with [the brothers] and the white man, he was [well good] ethnical. ❋ Catticus Rex (2006)

[The flavor] is ethnicical! ❋ Noturaveragevtownhicklolz (2019)

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