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eth•ni•cal adj.

Anthropology, Sociologyethnic.
Anthropology, Sociologyof, pertaining to, or concerned with ethnology.

ethnic + -al¹ 1540–50

eth•nic adj.

Anthropology, Sociology[before a noun] relating to or characteristic of a people, esp. a group (ˈeth•nic ˈgroup) sharing a common and distinctive culture.

n. [countable]

Sociologya member of an ethnic group or minority.

eth•ni•cal•ly, adv.: ethnically diverse groups in the city.

eth•nic adj.

Anthropology, Sociologypertaining to or characteristic of a people, esp. a group (eth′nic group′) sharing a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like.
Anthropology, Sociologyreferring to the origin, classification, characteristics, etc., of such groups.
Anthropology, Sociologybeing a member of an ethnic group, esp. of a group that is a minority within a larger society:ethnic Chinese in San Francisco.
Anthropology, Sociologyof, pertaining to, or characteristic of members of such a group.
Anthropology, Sociologybelonging to or deriving from the cultural, racial, religious, or linguistic traditions of a people or country:ethnic dances.
[Obsolete.]pagan;
heathen.

Anthropology, Sociologya member of an ethnic group.

Greek ethnikós. See ethno-, -ic
Late Latin ethnicus
Middle English ethnik heathen 1325–75

eth′ni•cal•ly, adv.

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ethnic /ˈɛθnɪk/, ethnical adj

relating to or characteristic of a human group having racial, religious, linguistic, and certain other traits in common
relating to the classification of humankind into groups, esp on the basis of racial characteristics
denoting or deriving from the cultural traditions of a group of people: the ethnic dances of Slovakia
characteristic of another culture

offensive a member of an ethnic group, esp a minority group

Etymology: 14th Century (in the senses: heathen, Gentile): from Late Latin ethnicus, from Greek ethnikos, from ethnos raceˈethnically adv ethnicity /ɛθˈnɪsɪtɪ/ n

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