Definition

1. Noun:
   • Foreign race; alien race: A race or ethnic group that is different from one's own. This term often carries a negative or pejorative connotation, implying a sense of otherness, inferiority, or undesirability from a chauvinistic or prejudiced perspective.
   • Different stock/breed: Can refer to beings of a different biological lineage or species, though this is less common.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Những kẻ theo chủ nghĩa phân biệt chủng tộc coi người khác màu da là dị chủng. (Racists consider people of a different skin color to be an alien race.)
  • Quan điểm đó xem tất cả các dân tộc không phải dân tộc mình đều là dị chủng. (That viewpoint considers all peoples not of one's own nation to be a foreign race.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is primarily used in sociological, anthropological, or political discourse, typically to critically describe biased or supremacist ideologies. It is not a neutral biological term.
• It can appear in historical texts or analyses discussing racism, colonialism, or ethnic conflict.

Variants and Related Words

• Chủng tộc (n): Race, ethnic group. (A neutral term for race).
• Dị tộc (n): A synonym for dị chủng, also meaning foreign or different ethnic group.

Synonyms

• Alien race
• Foreign race
• Other race (when used pejoratively)

Related Concepts

• Chủ nghĩa sôvanh (chauvinism): An attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex or other ethnic groups. The reference definition explicitly links dị chủng to being despised from a chauvinistic viewpoint.
• Phân biệt chủng tộc (racism): Prejudice or discrimination based on race.

noun

1. foreign race; alien race