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ethnic group

ethnic group noun: a group of people who identify with one another, especially on the basis of ancestral, national, linguistic, cultural, historical or religious grounds.

Noun

ethnic group (plural ethnic groups)

  1. A group of people who identify with one another, especially on the basis of ancestral, national, linguistic, cultural, historical or religious grounds.
    • Each ethnic group blames Yugoslavia's problems on another group, and they coddle their right to hate as if it were the primordial gift of fire.1990 August, Kenneth C. Danforth, “Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, pages 103-106
    Synonyms:
    ethnie

ethnic group meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Punjabi and Nepali

ethnic group in Tamil

தனி இனக்கூட்டம், மக்கள் இனப்பிரிவு

ethnic group in Malayalam

വംശം

ethnic group in Punjabi

ethnic group
ਜਾਤੀ jātī

ethnic group in Nepali

ethnic group
जाति jāti
More languagesFewer languages
ethnic group in Arabic
مَجْمُوعَة إثْنِيَّة
ethnic group in Persian
قوم qowm
ethnic group in Vietnamese
dân tộc, sắc tộc, tộc người

Synonyms of ethnic group

Forms of ethnic group

pluralethnic groups

Questions about ethnic group

What does ethnic group mean?
Ethnic group means a group of people who identify with one another, especially on the basis of ancestral, national, linguistic, cultural, historical or religious grounds.
What is ethnic group in Tamil?
Ethnic group in Tamil is தனி இனக்கூட்டம், மக்கள் இனப்பிரிவு. See Ethnic group meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ethnic group?
Ethnic group is a noun.
What is the plural of ethnic group?
The plural of ethnic group is ethnic groups.

Words near ethnic group in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ethnic group (page history and authors); ethnic group (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ethnic group (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਜਾਤੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); जाति (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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