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ethnicism

/ˈɛθnɪˌsɪzəm/

ethnicism noun: an emphasis upon ethnic identity.

Noun

ethnicism (countable and uncountable, plural ethnicisms)

  1. An emphasis upon ethnic identity.
  2. Prejudice based on ethnic origin.
    Synonyms:
    racism
  3. (obsolete) heathenism; pagan superstition.
    1. (broadly, obsolete, rare) religions from Antiquity regarded collectively apart from Christianity and Judaism.
    2. (broadly, obsolete, rare) the characteristics of these religions.

Synonyms of ethnicism

Forms of ethnicism

pluralethnicisms

Origin of ethnicism

From ethnic + -ism.

Questions about ethnicism

What does ethnicism mean?
Ethnicism means an emphasis upon ethnic identity.
What part of speech is ethnicism?
Ethnicism is a noun.
How do you pronounce ethnicism?
Ethnicism is pronounced /ˈɛθnɪˌsɪzəm/.
What is the plural of ethnicism?
The plural of ethnicism is ethnicisms.

Words near ethnicism in the dictionary

  1. ethnicels
  2. ethnicise
  3. ethnicised
  4. ethnicises
  5. ethnicising
  6. ethnicism
  7. ethnicisms
  8. ethnicist
  9. ethnicistic
  10. ethnicists
  11. ethnicities

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