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ethnic

/ˈɛθ.nɪk/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.
  2. An ethnic minority.
  3. A heathen, a pagan.
  4. (in classical scholarship) the demonym of an Ancient Greek city
  5. Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
  6. Characteristic of a foreign, usually non-Western culture.
  7. Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.
  8. Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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