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ethnic glosses

ethnic glosses is the plural of ethnic gloss.

Meaning of ethnic gloss

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

Questions about ethnic glosses

What is ethnic glosses the plural of?
Ethnic glosses is the plural of ethnic gloss.

Words near ethnic glosses in the dictionary

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

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