ethnic
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈɛθnɪk/
:
miembro de un grupo étnico
- The community has many ethnics who celebrate their unique cultural festivals every year.
- fellow ethnics
- white ethnics
- immigrants and ethnics
Examples
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The melting pot hardly existed in Chicago, except perhaps in the case of white-black relations, as European ethnics came to be acculturated into American society.
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Some have seen the war as a pivotal moment in the history of white ethnics in the United States.
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Immigrants appreciated these offerings, especially if fellow ethnics taught them.
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On the contrary, their fellow ethnics in Pittsburgh supported the Democratic candidates overwhelmingly.
Academic text (1996) -
Proliferating works on whiteness have traced the complex process by which European ethnics acquired racial advantages.
Academic text (2003) -
Asian ethnics who intermarried, especially women, showed a strong preference for Asian spouses over other minorities or even whites.
Academic text (2003) -
As Gary Gerstle has argued, the war created the opportune moment for white ethnic workers to enter the American mainstream, and ethnics welcomed the chance to become a part of the nation on a more equal footing.
Academic text (2003) -
The second analyzes the shifting discourse among Eastern European ethnics on the conceptualization of pre-immigration, old-world experience.
Academic text (1992) -
As an ethnic, she feels a strong connection to her heritage and traditions.
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To better understand the city, it's important to recognize the contributions of its ethnics.
Compounds
- Offensive
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9.9
Forcing people of one religion or race to leave an area by violence
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3.7
A group of people who have different national or cultural traditions from most people in a country
- Offensive
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9.9
An insulting word used to hurt people because of their race or nationality
- Offensive
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8.9
A joke that makes fun of a group's race or culture and can offend people
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ethnic (as a noun) comes from the same Greek root ethnos, 'people' or 'nation'. A helpful way to remember this use is to think of an ethnic as 'a person from a particular cultural group' who shares the group's language, food, or family history.