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ethnic group

/eth-nik/US // ˈɛθ nɪk //UK // (ˈɛθnɪk) //

族群,族裔群体,族裔团体,族类

Related Words

traditional传统的,传统national国家,全国,国内,国家的indigenous土著,土著人,本地,土人tribal部落,部族,部落的,部族的native本地人,本地的,本地人的,本地居民

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to or characteristic of a people, especially a group sharing a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like.
    • : referring to the origin, classification, characteristics, etc., of such groups.
    • : being a member of an ethnic group, especially of a group that is a minority within a larger society: ethnic Chinese in San Francisco.
    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of members of such a group.
    • : belonging to or deriving from the cultural, religious, or linguistic traditions of a people or country: ethnic dances.
    • : displaying characteristics, as in physical appearance, language, or accent, that can cause one to be identified by others as a member of a minority ethnic group: Her new boyfriend looks ethnic to me.
    • : Obsolete. pagan; heathen.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a member of an ethnic group.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as innationality
Synonyms
citizenship公民身份,公民权,公民资格,国籍community社区,共同体,群体,社群origin起源,缘起,来源,原产地society社会,社团,协会,社群allegiance效忠,忠贞,忠心,忠诚country国家,乡村,国nation国家,民族,国民,国race比赛,赛跑,赛事,比赛中body politic政治体,政治机构,政治团体,政治体制native land故乡的土地,乡土,故土,乡土人情political home政治家,政治家园,政治主页,政治家之家
as inspeech community
Synonyms
isogloss矶怃,矶谷,矶底漆,矶山linguistic ambience语言氛围,语言环境,语言气氛,语境linguistic community语言社区,语言界,语言群体,语族linguistic island语言岛,语言的岛屿,语言岛屿,语岛relic area遗迹区,文物区,遗址区,遗迹地区society社会,社团,协会,社群speech island语音岛,言语岛,语言岛,讲话岛
as infolk
Synonyms
community社区,共同体,群体,社群family家庭,家人,家group组,集团,群体,群people人,人民,人们,人民群众public公共,公众,公开,公共的clan氏族,氏族人,群体,族裔confederation邦联,同盟会,同盟国,同盟house房屋,房子,房子里,房子里的household家庭,家人,家庭的,家庭方面inhabitants居民,居住者,居民区,居民们kin亲属,亲属关系,亲戚,吻合kindred亲属,亲属关系,亲缘关系,亲情lineage世系,血统,沿袭,沿革masses群众,大众,群众路线,大众化nation国家,民族,国民,国nationality民族,国籍,民族性population人口,居民,人口数,人口数量proletariat无产阶级,无产者,无产,普罗大众race比赛,赛跑,赛事,比赛中settlement解决问题,解决方法,解决,解决方式society社会,社团,协会,社群state国家,国家的,国家的情况stock股票,库存,股价,股市tribe部族,部落,部队,部群body politic政治体,政治机构,政治团体,政治体制culture group文化组,文化团体,文化集团,文化小组general public普通民众,普通公众,普通大众,公众menage男同性恋,男同性恋者,男仆,男仆制ménage

Examples

  • They, like many people with health issues or from under-resourced racial and ethnic minority communities, are affected by numerous social determinants that amplify the negative health consequences they experience.

  • It’s even harder when you’re an ethnic minority, and then especially when you’re the minority of minorities in coaching or in sports.

  • Under amendments introduced on the House side and later adopted by the Senate, the measures also require the submission of racial and ethnic data about people who receive the shot.

  • He also addressed the intersectionality of those who identify as both a member of the LGBTQ and other racial or ethnic communities, again citing hate crimes data where there was an overlap in acts committed.

  • Still, as the story of Leonel Castillo shows, Mayorkas probably will face internal dissent, based on his perceived liberal politics if not his ethnic identity.

  • But a 2011 study of genetic evidence from 30 ethnic groups in India disproved this theory.

  • His New Deal Coalition brought together Southerners, Northern ethnic minorities, and urban blacks under the same banner.

  • He proposed among other things that police departments must better reflect the ethnic makeup of the populace.

  • How does a complicated ethnic background inform someone's experiences?

  • Army officials also allege that he worked for ethnic rebels as a “communications captain.”

  • The people whose institutions and ideas he is examining are members of a given ethnic group.

  • The former country has ever been subject to periodic ethnic disturbances and changes.

  • But beyond this there is the more delicate investigation of the ethnic element in folklore.

  • First of all by the enforcement of a sociological system in distinct opposition to, and in defiance of all ethnic conditions.

  • Islam attempts nothing unnatural of this kind—nothing that is opposed to ethnic conditions and sociological usages.

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