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ethnic

adjective as in racial, cultural

Strong match

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It is largely made up of ethnic Hutus linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

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I asked a cashier, noting that contemporary country makes my skin crawl despite the fact that I vaguely belong to the same ethnic group that produces it.

The U.S. doesn’t want ethnic ghettos, such as the French Muslim banlieues.

Fellow academy co-founder Naomi Lawson said the organisation was aiming to "ensure that young people from diverse ethnic communities have the chance to shine in the sport".

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"But you've got to be really careful how you fight back, because you're quickly labelled as the angry or aggressive ethnic person, or the troublemaker."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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