ethnick

Adjective

ethnic (comparative more ethnic, superlative most ethnic)

1. Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
   • The violence began when Serbian troops went into Croatia ostensibly to aid armed ethnic Serbians trying to create their own autonomous states there.2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2021
2. Characteristic of a foreign or a minority group's culture.
   • I like to eat ethnic food

   Synonyms:

   exotic

3. Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.
   • Indeed, such ethnic music festivals were probably common throughout the country2008, Ronald D. Cohen, A History of Folk Music Festivals in the United States
4. (historical) Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.

   Synonyms:

   pagan, gentile

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