ethnos

Examples

• All

• The bearer of political sovereignty is not a particular "ethnos," but the whole "demos" -- the people made up of persons from various ethnic groups living in a state as a territorial entity.

  Academic text (1991)

• "This was an issue of freedom and the right to exist for the Serbian ethnos as the whole of its spiritual, cultural, and historical identity, irrespective of the present-day republican boundaries and the Yugoslav Constitution.

  Academic text (1997)

• We have no common language, no common ethnos, no common religion, and now no common political philosophy.

  Blog text (26)

• "I hope you won't mind if I repeat," Fuller said, "that this gentleman is a member of the Mapuche ethnos, which happens to be in Chile."

  Fiction book (1992)

• An ethnos is established on a definite territory, possesses common, relatively stable features of language and culture, and thus samosoznanie (ethnic self-consciousness), which is fixed in a samonazvanie (an ethnonym).

  Academic text (1991)

• The Navajo ethnos has a rich tradition of storytelling that reflects their unique culture.

• The festival celebrates the diverse contributions of each ethnos to the nation.

Synonyms

T

tribe

vsethnos

503 2.3

A group of people who share the same family background, language, and customs

is broader, covering groups by race or nationality rather than kinship

F

folk

vsethnos

224 1.0

A group of people who share the same culture or background

is specific to groups of same race or nationality with a distinctive culture

E

ethnic group

vsethnos

61 2.8

People who share the same culture, language, or family history

is a group defined by shared race or nationality and a distinctive culture

Surface Forms

Etymology