ethnic
Adjective:
- Relating to a population subgroup with a common national or cultural tradition: "Ethnic" describes characteristics, customs, or identities associated with a specific group of people who share a distinct culture, nationality, or heritage.
- Not acknowledging the God of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam; heathen: In historical or specific contexts, "ethnic" can denote people or practices not belonging to the major monotheistic religions, often synonymous with pagan or heathen.
Noun:
- A member of an ethnic group: "Ethnic" refers to a person who belongs to a particular ethnic group or minority.
Adjective: The city is known for its diverse ethnic communities.She wears traditional ethnic clothing during cultural festivals.The study focused on ethnic differences in health outcomes.
Noun: The neighborhood is home to many ethnics from various backgrounds. (Note: This usage is less common than the adjectival form and can sometimes be considered reductive; "ethnic minority group member" is often preferred.)
"Ethnic cleansing": A euphemism for the forced removal or extermination of an ethnic group from a geographic area. The international court investigated accusations of ethnic cleansing.
"Ethnic identity": A person's subjective sense of belonging to an ethnic group. Her ethnic identity is a strong part of her personal narrative.
- Ethnical (adj): An older, less common variant of the adjective "ethnic."
- Ethnicity (n): The fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition.
- Ethnically (adv): In a way that relates to ethnicity.
- Adjective (cultural sense): Cultural, racial, national, indigenous, folk.
- Adjective (religious sense, historical): Pagan, heathen, gentile.
- Adjective (religious sense): Christian, Jewish, Muslim, monotheistic.
- Adjective (cultural sense): Mainstream, homogeneous, assimilated.
- Ethnic group: A community or population made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent.
- Ethnic minority: A group within a community that has different national or cultural traditions from the main population.
- not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam
- denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people
- influenced by ethnic and cultural ties- J.F.Kennedy
- ethnic food
- a person who is a member of an ethnic group