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ethnicization

ethnicization noun: the act or process of making or becoming ethnic; ethnization.

Noun

ethnicization (uncountable)

  1. The act or process of making or becoming ethnic; ethnization.
    • For instance, not only is Oscar racialized as black, we can also see an ethnicization of race whereby Oscar is constructed as a black American.2010, C. Richard King, Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo, Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo, Animating Difference, →ISBN, page 41

Forms of ethnicization

alternative formethnicisation

Origin of ethnicization

From ethnic + -ization.

Words formed from ethnicization

Questions about ethnicization

What does ethnicization mean?
Ethnicization means the act or process of making or becoming ethnic; ethnization.
What part of speech is ethnicization?
Ethnicization is a noun.

Words near ethnicization in the dictionary

  1. ethnicist
  2. ethnicistic
  3. ethnicists
  4. ethnicities
  5. ethnicity
  6. ethnicization
  7. ethnicize
  8. ethnicized
  9. ethnicizes
  10. ethnicizing
  11. ethnick

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