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Ethnic group
A group of people who identify with one another, especially on the basis of ancestral, national, cultural, historical or religious grounds.
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A group of people who identify with one another, especially on the basis of ancestral, national, cultural, historical or religious grounds.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ethnic group"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| ethnosnoun | An ethnic group, or a people who have a common national or cultural tradition. |
| ethnicitynoun | The common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry, culture, language or national experiences. |
| racenoun | A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. |
| nationalitynoun | National origin or identity; legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise. |
| ethnic minoritynoun | A group of people who have a different ethnicity, religion, language or culture from that of the majority of people in the place where they live. |
| ethnienoun | An ethnic group; an ethnicity. |
| ethnonymnoun | The name of an ethnic group, nation, nationality, tribe, tribal alliance, clan, or other ethnic community. |
| autoethnonymnoun | An ethnonym used by those who belong to the ethnic group it describes. |
| endoethnonymnoun | An ethnonym used by those who belong to the ethnic group it describes. |
| ethnic | Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins. |
| nationnoun | (collective) A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture. |
| coethnic | Of the same ethnicity. |
| ethnogoguenoun | The leader of a nation or of an ethnic group |
| internationalitynoun | internationalness |
| countrynoun | The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc. |
| euroethnicnoun | A person of certain European ethnicities, typically including Eastern Europeans, Southern Europeans, and European Jews; often contrasted with other European ethnicities that historically were more likely to be considered white. |
| peoplenoun | (countable, collective) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc. |
| analnoun | (not comparable) Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus. [from 18th c.] |
| tribenoun | (history, anthropology) An ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity. |
| africannoun | Of or pertaining to Africa. |
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