ethnic group

  • 1ethnic group — index blood, family (common ancestry), race Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2Ethnic group — Ethnicity redirects here. For the 2003 kayla listening album, see Ethnicity (Yanni album). Peoples redirects here. For the defunct chain of department stores, see Peoples (store). For jewelry store chain in Canada, see Zale Corporation. An ethnic …

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  • 3ethnic group — group of people united by common ethnic characteristics (such as language, culture, religion, etc.) …

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  • 4ethnic group — Social group or category of the population that, in a larger society, is set apart and bound together by common ties of language, nationality, or culture. Ethnic diversity, the legacy of political conquests and migrations, is one aspect of the… …

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  • 5ethnic group —   a particular group of people within a larger population distinguished by ethnic characteristics …

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  • 6ethnic group — noun people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture • Syn: ↑ethnos • Hypernyms: ↑group, ↑grouping • Hyponyms: ↑ethnic minority, ↑Azeri, ↑Bengali …

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  • 7ethnic group — Synonyms and related words: breakaway group, camp, caucus, community, culture, division, faction, interest, interest group, minority group, nation, nationality, offshoot, party, people, political party, pressure group, race, sect, side, silent… …

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  • 8ethnic group — A social group characterized by a distinctive social and cultural tradition maintained from generation to generation, a common history and origin and a sense of identification with the group; members of the group have distinctive features in… …

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  • 9ethnic group — noun A group of people who identify with one another, especially on the basis of racial, cultural, or religious grounds …

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  • 10ethnic group — /ɛθnɪk ˈgrup/ (say ethnik groohp) noun a group of people, racially or historically related, having a common and distinctive culture …