ethnical
- adjective
- /ˈɛθnɪkəl/
- The law protects four groups: national, ethnical, racial, or religious groups.
- ethnical and racial
- ethnical, racial, or religious
- ethnical and national
Examples
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The festival celebrates the unique ethnical traditions of the indigenous tribes.
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Maybe the the underlying problem is a question of ethnical integration between Brazilian and American Society.
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In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group, as such:
Academic text (2001) -
The left reduces the political to the ethnical and loses sight of the universal; the right reifies the universal and empties the dialectic of its ethnic particularities.
Academic text (1994) -
As British historian Bury writes, "the result of this double tongue is the mixed character of the modern Hungarian language which has supplied specious argument... as to the ethnical affinities of the Magyars."
Blog text (24) -
We do not see the grammatical structure underlying speech; we see only the rhetorical performance. We do not see the technical structure underlying our use of tools; we see only the industrial performance. We do not see the ethnical structure underlying our societies/histories; we see only the political performances in which we institutionalize our contracts and agreements. We do not see the ethical structures underlying our normative behavior; we see only the moral performances.
Academic text (1994) -
Many ethnical groups contribute to the rich cultural tapestry of the city.
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Her research focuses on the ethnical diversity in modern literature.
Synonyms
Relating to a group's culture and traditions
Relating to the culture and traditions of a particular group of people
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ethnical comes from the old Greek word ethnos, which means 'people' or 'nation', and it shares the same root as ethnic and ethnicity. So ethnical means 'relating to a particular people or their culture', which is why we use it for traditions, groups, or objects from different communities.