ethnic group

Noun

Meaning

people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

ethnos house people population state family band society color race origin nation stock colour folk
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Antonyms

person private fight dispute outsider loneliness
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Hypernyms

group grouping

Hyponyms

bengali flemish nubian kurd Igbo Azeri

Examples

Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You're not less than anybody else. Gwendolyn Brooks

Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group. Aslan Maskhadov

The harshness and choice of words can cut deeply. Republicans need to show compassion and to be reasonable when talking to any ethnic group. Henry Bonilla

Racism is the dogma that one ethnic group is condemned by nature to congenital inferiority and another group is destined to congenitial superiority. Ruth Benedict

In my philosophy, science is an unrelenting battle against ad hoc explanation. No other field in psychology with which I have been acquainted has been so infested by ad hoc theories as the attempts to explain social class, racial, and ethnic group differences on various tests of mental ability. Arthur Jensen

I'm vying as an independent candidate in Nairobi City County. I'm not vying as a representative of any ethnic group. I'm going to be the Governor of all patriotic Kenyans. I'm going to be the Governor of all tribes, religions, faiths, races and political persuasions. Miguna Miguna

Close letter words and terms

ethnic diversity ethnic equality ethnic functions ethnic grouping ethnic groups ethnic harmony