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Word entry · 6 letters

ethnic

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"Culture-group related"

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɛθ.nɪk/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted cehintStarts with EEnds with C1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam

Word origin

From Middle English ethnik, from Latin ethnicus ("pagan", "heathen"), from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós, “of or for a nation, heathen”), from ἔθνος (éthnos, “a company", later "a people or nation, heathens”). By surface analysis, ethno- + -ic.

Used in a sentence

  • The violence began when Serbian troops went into Croatia ostensibly to aid armed ethnic Serbians trying to create their own autonomous states there.
  • Studies also show that absentee ballots cast by voters who are younger or from racial and ethnic minority groups are rejected at higher rates than other absentee ballots.
  • I like to eat ethnic food

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