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ethnic gloss

ethnic gloss noun: a broad label for a population that ignores or overlooks the diversity within it.

Noun

ethnic gloss (plural ethnic glosses)

  1. A broad label for a population that ignores or overlooks the diversity within it.
    • LaFromboise identifies one of the biggest challenges to doing this work in Native communities as heterogeneity, with nearly 1,000 tribes in the so-called United States...Thus, when it comes to national data sets on suicide statistics, “we’re looking at an ethnic gloss to some extent,” says...2023 May 24, Claire Urbanski, “As rates of suicide for Native American youth increase, culture is key to prevention”, in Stanford Univsersity, retrieved 06 Sep 2024
    • When a term such as Hispanics is used to describe this diverse group as a single entity, this is known as an ethnic gloss.2024, Diane E. Papalia and Gabriela Martorell Notley, Eperience Human Developement, Fifteenth Edition, page 16

Forms of ethnic gloss

pluralethnic glosses

Questions about ethnic gloss

What does ethnic gloss mean?
Ethnic gloss means a broad label for a population that ignores or overlooks the diversity within it.
What part of speech is ethnic gloss?
Ethnic gloss is a noun.
What is the plural of ethnic gloss?
The plural of ethnic gloss is ethnic glosses.

Words near ethnic gloss in the dictionary

  1. ethne
  2. ethnic
  3. ethnic cleanser
  4. ethnic cleansers
  5. ethnic cleansing
  6. ethnic gloss
  7. ethnic glosses
  8. ethnic group
  9. ethnic groups
  10. ethnic majorities
  11. ethnic majority

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