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Ethnic

see synonyms of ethnic

Noun

1. ethnic

a person who is a member of an ethnic group

Adjective

2. cultural, ethnic, ethnical

denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people

Example Sentences:
'influenced by ethnic and cultural ties'
'ethnic food'

3. ethnic, heathen, heathenish, pagan

not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ethnic

see synonyms of ethnic
adjective
1. 
relating to or characteristic of a human group having racial, religious, linguistic, and certain other traits in common
2. 
relating to the classification of mankind into groups, esp on the basis of racial characteristics
3. 
denoting or deriving from the cultural traditions of a group of people
the ethnic dances of Slovakia
4. 
characteristic of another culture
the ethnic look
ethnic food
noun
5. sometimes offensive
a member of an ethnic group, esp a minority group

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Ethnic

see synonyms of ethnic
adjective
1.  Rare
heathen
2. 
designating or of a population subgroup having a common cultural heritage or nationality, as distinguished by customs, characteristics, language, common history, etc.
: Also ˈethnical
noun
3. 
a member of an ethnic group, esp. a member of a minority or nationality group that is part of a larger community

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ethnic

see synonyms of ethnic
adj.
1.
a. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a group of people sharing a common cultural or national heritage and often sharing a common language or religion.
b. Being a member of a particular ethnic group, especially belonging to a national group by heritage or culture but residing outside its national boundaries: ethnic Hungarians living in northern Serbia.
c. Of, relating to, or distinctive of members of such a group: ethnic restaurants; ethnic art.
2. Archaic Relating to a people not Christian or Jewish.
n.
A member of a particular ethnic group, especially one who maintains the language or customs of the group.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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