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ethnic

[eth-nik] / ˈɛθ nɪk /
ADJECTIVE
racial, cultural
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Czesław is an ethnic Pole in the Red Army who escaped a ruthless German ambush.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

His language implicitly reaffirmed a vision of citizenship based on civic membership rather than ethnic inheritance.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

But anyone who thinks of what happened as a flex of ethnic power isn’t paying attention.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Mali's separatists and Islamists groups have had an on-off relationship for years - going back to 2012 when the ethnic Tuareg separatist rebellion was hijacked by Islamist militants.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Like me, she was someone impossible to easily peg in terms of ethnic background.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan




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