The meaning of Ethnic

Ethnic – definition

adjective
Of or belonging to a population group or subgroup made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent.
Usage examples:
The students' ethnic backgrounds are very diverse

noun
Relating to a population subgroup (within a larger or dominant national or cultural group) with a common national or cultural tradition.
Usage examples:
Ethnic and cultural rights and traditions
Synonims:
Racial Race-related Ethnological Genetic Inherited Cultural National Tribal Ancestral Traditional Folk Autochthonous
noun
Neither christian nor jewish; pagan or heathen.
noun
A member of an ethnic minority.

adjective
Relating to or characteristic of a large group of people who have the same national, racial, or cultural origins, and who usually speak the same language
Usage examples:
An ethnic neighborhood, she loves ethnic foods, especially ethiopian and japanese., an ethnically d…

adjective
Relating to a race or national group of people
Usage examples:
The factory's workforce reflects the ethnic mix of the local population., ethnic food/costumes, eth…

Ethnic translation into English

Ethnic: translate from English into Chinese

种族的, 民族, 民族人

Ethnic: translate from English into Dutch

Etnisch, Heidens, Etnologisch

Ethnic: translate from English into French

Ethnique

Ethnic: translate from English into German

Ethnisch, Völkisch, Folkloristisch, Urtümlich, Urig, Urwüchsig, Einheimisch, Landesüblich

Ethnic: translate from English into Hindi

संजाति विषयक, संजातीय, नृजातीय, नृजाति विषयक

Ethnic: translate from English into Italian

Etnico

Ethnic: translate from English into Korean

민족, 인종의, 민족 특유의, 이방인의, 소수 민족의 사람

Ethnic: translate from English into Russian

Этнический, Языческий, Язычник

Ethnic: translate from English into Spanish

Étnico

Word origin

late Middle English (denoting a person not of the Christian or Jewish faith): via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek ethnikos ‘heathen’, from ethnos ‘nation’. Current senses date from the 19th c

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Ethnic – similar words

ethnicism

noun
Consciousness of or emphasis on ethnic identity or culture; ethnic self-determination or nationalism; ethnic separation.

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ethnically

adverb
With reference to birth, origins, or cultural background.
Usage examples:
A racially and ethnically diverse society

adverb
In a way that relates to someone's ethnicity (= the fact of belonging to a large group of people with a shared culture, language, history, set of traditions, etc.)
Usage examples:
Ethnically related communities, my father, who is ethnically chinese, was born in the uk.

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Ethnic synonims

ancestral

adjective
Of, belonging to, or inherited from an ancestor or ancestors.
Usage examples:
The family's ancestral home

adjective
Relating to members of your family from the past
Usage examples:
An ancestral home, ancestral rights

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autochthonous

adjective
(of an inhabitant of a place) indigenous rather than descended from migrants or colonists.
Usage examples:
However, on his creative path around the north of the island he discovered several autochthonous be…

All meanings and translations of Autochthonous

cultural

adjective
Relating to the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a society.
Usage examples:
The cultural diversity of british society

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ethnological

adjective
Relating to ethnology

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folk

noun
People in general.
Usage examples:
Some folk will do anything for money

adjective
Relating to the traditional art or culture of a community or nation.
Usage examples:
A revival of interest in folk customs

adjective
Traditional to or typical of the people of a particular group or country
Usage examples:
Folk art/dance

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genetic

adjective
Relating to genes or heredity.
Usage examples:
Genetic abnormalities

adjective
Relating to the biological process by which the characteristics of living things are passed from parents to children
Usage examples:
Genetically engineered plants

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inherited

adjective
(of money, property, or a title) received as an heir at the death of the previous holder.
Usage examples:
Inherited wealth

verb
Receive (money, property, or a title) as an heir at the death of the previous holder.
Usage examples:
She inherited a fortune from her father

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national

adjective
Relating to or characteristic of a nation; common to a whole nation.
Usage examples:
This policy may have been in the national interest

noun
A citizen of a particular country.
Usage examples:
A german national

adjective
Relating to all parts of a nation or to a nation as a whole rather than to any part of it
Usage examples:
National headquarters of the company are in atlanta, with branches throughout the country., nationa…

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racial

adjective
Relating to the major groupings into which humankind is sometimes divided on the basis of physical characteristics or shared ancestry.
Usage examples:
A racial minority

adjective
Of or involving a particular race or different races
Usage examples:
Racial discrimination/equality, they lived in a racially mixed neighborhood.

All meanings and translations of Racial

traditional

adjective
Existing in or as part of a tradition; long-established.
Usage examples:
The traditional festivities of the church year

adjective
Following or belonging to the ways of behaving or beliefs that have been established for a long time
Usage examples:
The traditional two-parent family, traditional southern cooking, the traditional politeness of japa…

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tribal

adjective
Of or characteristic of a tribe or tribes.
Usage examples:
Tribal people in malaysia

noun
Members of tribal communities, especially in south asia.
Usage examples:
The analysts here are worried about the tribals turning communal.

adjective
Of or relating to a tribe
Usage examples:
Tribal culture, tribal land, tribal leaders support the proposed health center.

All meanings and translations of Tribal

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