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ethnonational

ethnonational

9.6
Relating to the idea that a nation should belong to one ethnic group
  • adjective
  • /ˌɛθnoʊˈnæʃənl/
translation icon : etnonacional
  • In the Balkans, religious and ethnonational identities are tightly intertwined and analogous.
  • ethnonational identity
  • ethnonational aspirations
  • ethnonational state

Examples

  • Paul Mojzes acknowledges that the war in the former Yugoslavia is primarily "ethnonational," not religious.

    Academic text (1996)
  • However, the core issues are ethnonational identity and allegiance (O'Duffy 1995).

    Academic text (1997)
  • There is a significant ambiguity in the relationship between the state and the various ethnonational groups that are incorporated into it.

    Academic text (1997)
  • All of these ethnonational groups refer to a "Golden Age" when their nation was the epitome of cultural achievement.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Rich and poor states and rich and poor nations have been rather indiscriminately susceptible to the ethnonational virus.

    Academic text (1997)
  • And a subconscious belief in the group's separate origin and evolution is an essential ingredient of ethnonational psychology.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Thus, when the South Slavs were brought into a common state in 1918, the stage for ethnonational conflict had been set by a thousand years of history.

    Academic text (1997)
  • It is true, of course, that ethnonational identity is never as natural or ineluctable as nationalists claim.

    Academic text (2008)
  • In short, ethnonationalism has played a more profound and lasting role in modern history than is commonly understood, and the processes that led to the dominance of the ethnonational state and the separation of ethnic groups in Europe are likely to reoccur elsewhere.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The rise of ethnonational movements has reshaped political landscapes around the world, as groups seek recognition of their distinct identities.

Synonyms

nativist
vsethnonational
  • Offensive
2 9.0

Supporting people born in a country rather than immigrants

promotes the idea that the nation should be defined by a single ethnic group
folkish
vsethnonational
  • Offensive
9.9

Supporting ideas that a nation or group should be kept pure, often excluding others

advocates defining the whole nation by a single ethnic group
nativistic
vsethnonational
9.9

Believing that traits or ideas are native and present from birth while resisting outside influence

is about political national identity and defining nation by one ethnic group
particularistic
vsethnonational
9.9

Cares only about the interests of one group, not about society as a whole

focuses on national identity and defining the nation by one ethnic group

Antonyms

38 3.8

Having people from many countries and backgrounds living and working together

How Exclusionary

racist
  • Offensive
176 5.4
ethnonational
9.6
folkish
  • Offensive
9.9
nativist
  • Offensive
2 9.0
patriotic
107 3.3

Surface Forms

ethnonational positive

Morphology

ethnonational = national (transparent) = ethno + nation + al

Formed by prefixing 'ethno-' to 'national', giving the clear meaning 'relating to an ethnic nation or ethnic aspects of the nation'.

Etymology

Ethnonational comes from ethno- meaning 'people' or a particular ethnic group, as in ethnic, and national meaning 'relating to the nation' or country. So ethnonational describes ideas or policies that make a nation about one ethnic group.