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ethnicist

ethnicist noun: a person who specializes in the study of ethnicities and their characteristics.

Noun

ethnicist (plural ethnicists)

  1. A person who specializes in the study of ethnicities and their characteristics.
  2. A person who believes in or supports ethnicism; a person who believes that a particular ethnicity is superior to others, or who discriminates against other ethnicities.

Adjective

ethnicist (comparative more ethnicist, superlative most ethnicist)

  1. Of, relating to, or advocating ethnicism.

Forms of ethnicist

Noun
pluralethnicists
Adjective
comparativemore ethnicist
superlativemost ethnicist

Origin of ethnicist

From ethnic + -ist.

Questions about ethnicist

What does ethnicist mean?
Ethnicist means a person who specializes in the study of ethnicities and their characteristics.
What part of speech is ethnicist?
Ethnicist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of ethnicist?
The plural of ethnicist is ethnicists.

Words near ethnicist in the dictionary

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

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