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Ethnic

noun
/ˈɛθ.nɪk/
Word Frequency: 28.9

Definitions

1.nounAn ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.
2.nounAn ethnic minority.
3.nounA heathen, a pagan.
4.noun(in classical scholarship) the demonym of an Ancient Greek city
5.adjectiveOf or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
"There are many ethnic Indonesians in the Netherlands"
6.adjectiveCharacteristic of a foreign, usually non-Western culture.
"I like to eat ethnic food"
7.adjectiveRepresentative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.
8.adjectiveHeathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.

Synonyms

exoticgentilepaganculturalethnicalsocialethnicityracialraciallymultiethnicmultiracialnationality

Rhymes With

multiethnic
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