ethnic


Definition: Meaning of, ethnic in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈɛθnɪk /

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  1. relating to a particular race, nation, or tribe and their customs and traditions
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  2. ethnic cooking/fashion/design etc cooking, fashion etc from countries that are far away, which seems very different and unusual
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ethnic ethnics
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  1. someone who comes from a group of people who are a different race, religion etc or who have a different background from most other people in that country
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ethnic used in phrases

  • ethnic cleansing (noun)
    1. the action of forcing people to leave an area or country because of their RACIAL or national group
  • ethnic group (noun)
    1. people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture
  • ethnic joke (noun)
    1. a joke at the expense of some ethnic group
  • ethnic minority (noun)
    1. a group of people of a different race from the main group in a country
  • ethnic music (noun)
    1. the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
  • ethnic slur (noun)
    1. a slur on someone's race or language
  • multi-ethnic (adjective)
    1. involving or including people of several different ETHNIC groups [↪  multicultural]
    2. American English a multi-ETHNIC person has parents who come from different ETHNIC groups
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