noun
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An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.
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An ethnic minority.
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A heathen, a pagan.
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(in classical scholarship) the demonym of an Ancient Greek city
adjective
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Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
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There are many ethnic Indonesians in the Netherlands
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Characteristic of a foreign, usually non-Western culture.
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I like to eat ethnic food
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Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.
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Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.
Examples of ethnic in a Sentence
Here you find articles in the encyclopedia about ethnic groups of Africa.
Before the study of ethnic psychology had become a science, Jellinek devoted attention to the subject.
There are so many ethnic restaurants in this area from which to choose.
Beyond providing their customers with quality ethnic food, they also give a warm atmosphere consisting of a helpful staff.
The one associates itself with the ancestors of the Hebrews and has an ethnic character.
Some racial and ethnic populations are affected more than others.
In Yugoslavia and Iraq the problem has been brutal and selfish leadership rather than ethnic or economic desperation.
State clearly on any advertising fliers " We welcome applications from black and minority ethnic people.
There is no gender, racial, or ethnic predilection.
Some ethnic dishes may use various spices such as cardamom, paprika or other types of seasoning.
The disarming of ethnic Albanian guerrillas, no less essential to peace, will not be easy.
Efforts to eliminate the Kurdish ethnic identity were extended beyond the borders of the country.
His conclusions, rather than finding support for integration, portrayed it as supporting the existing ethnic division and perpetuating social inequality.
On one side there was waste ground where houses recently destroyed in inter ethnic clashes had not been rebuilt.
These groups include elderly people, young people, people with disabilities, Black and Minority Ethnic communities and rurally isolated communities.
Rather, they should restrict themselves from making offensive jibes at minority ethnic groups.
Zoologists divide the earth into biological areas or regions, so both archaeologists and ethnologists may find it convenient to have in mind some such scheme of provinces as the following, partly after the dominant ethnic provinces.
Last year ethnic minority officers rebelled against the Met, urging a boycott of recruitment campaigns.
Ethnic conflict is not the dominant issue in the Queens' life.
Previous refugee reports claimed that ethnic Albanians were burned alive in their homes.
Their sound is a fusion of jazz, dance, R&B, soul, ethnic and popular music that transcends traditional borders.
To make its own services more culturally competent, Diabetes UK has been reviewing its own practice in relation to minority ethnic groups.
The attempt to try to homogenize states must involve complicity in ethnic cleansing.
With such a varying ethnic composition, it is no surprise that a great diversity of religions is prevalent throughout Malaysia.
Students from ethnic minority families tend to choose vocational courses at university - law or medicine rather than English or philosophy, for instance.
It seems very cowardly, trying to distance themselves from people who are often their ethnic brothers and sisters.
Back to the top local demography The following figures were taken from Ethnic Minorities in Leicester.
It is, he says, the only mainstream denomination which is taking the problems of ethnic Asian congregations seriously.
The incomes of ethnic minorities Some minority groups have prospered in Britain, but others remain severely disadvantaged.
Ultimately, if republicans are serious about creating a republic based on universal concepts of citizenship they need to transcend the old ethnic divisions.
One study found that white victimization was the result of ethnic minorities ' resistance to racial abuse linked to territorial dominance.
She said ethnic minority lawyers were concentrated in the lower echelons of the service, with white managers failing to promote them.
A good example is residential care for black and ethnic minority elders.
In the case of Chiapas, few indigenous people want to create separate enclaves for people from different ethnic groups.
A rejection of ethnic essentialism, but still favoring a nation state.
New suburbs shot up around Richmond, whose residents are predominantly ethnic Chinese.
He also said his country would keep letting in all those fleeing what the West calls ethnic cleansing in the Serb region of Kosovo.
American presidents from George Washington to Benjamin Harrison practiced ethnic cleansing against the original inhabitants in America.
The Burmese military has been conducting ethnic cleansing against the Karen and other minorities in Burma.
Iraq can't be at peace without reversing ethnic cleansing.
Such units had previously been the strong arm of Serbian ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and Croatia.
This war ended, as far as such wars ever end, with a massive ethnic cleansing.
Eventually, faced with the evidence of brutal ethnic cleansing by the Serb Yugoslav security forces, NATO acted.
The Kurds are practicing reverse ethnic cleansing against the Arabs.
Conceived in order to stabilize the region, the Dayton peace agreement recognized and legitimized the results of mass ethnic cleansing and genocide.
This book considers ethnic boundaries in the context of European integration from the perspective of European ethnology.
Serb forces reportedly expelled all the ethnic Albanian population, then burned the village.
Pakistan has many different ethnic groups, who have separate languages, dress and even facial appearance.
While Barzani wants to establish a federation based along ethnic lines, Talabani prefers one formed according to regional borders.
I think they are quite feisty and they tend to stick to their own ethnic group.