Ethnic Meaning
/ˈɛθ.nɪk/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
adjCharacteristic of a foreign or a minority group's culture.
Sentence Examples
The point about enclosure is that the configuration of ethnic groups must be clearly described.
These foods are associated with ethnic groups.
It's a school with a good social and ethnic mix of children.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The market sold unique foods from every ____ group in the region.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The festival celebrated the ____ diversity of the neighborhood with food and music from around the world.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English ethnik, from Latin ethnicus ("pagan", "heathen"), from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós, “of or for a nation, heathen”), from ἔθνος (éthnos, “a company", later "a people or nation, heathens”). By surface analysis, ethno- + -ic.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The violence began when Serbian troops went into Croatia ostensibly to aid armed ethnic Serbians trying to create their own autonomous states there."
— 2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2021:
"Studies also show that absentee ballots cast by voters who are younger or from racial and ethnic minority groups are rejected at higher rates than other absentee ballots."
— 2020 September 14, Richard H. Pildes, “The three words that can avert an election nightmare”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2022:
"Indeed, such ethnic music festivals were probably common throughout the country"
— 2008, Ronald D. Cohen, A History of Folk Music Festivals in the United States:
"contemporary artists are victims of the dichotomization of fine art and folk or ethnic art, where the latter must evince standardized techniques of simplicity, naivete, naturalism, and exoticism."
— 1990, European Review of Native American Studies Volumess 4-6:
"popular music is usually positioned between classical music on the one hand and folk or ethnic music on the other."
— 2012, Michael Campbell., Popular Music in America: The Beat Goes On:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The market sold unique foods from every ____ group in the region.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The festival celebrated the ____ diversity of the neighborhood with food and music from around the world.