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ethnicness

ethnicness noun: the quality of being ethnic.

Noun

ethnicness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being ethnic.
    • Today the tendency is to go to the other extreme and to insist that minority groups maintain their separate identity. There seems to be no good reason why ethnics who wish to remain segregated should not be permitted that choice, but those who wish to lose their “ethnicness” and become full-fledged...1951, Mary B[osworth] Treudley, “The Armenian’s View of the American Middle Class”, in Arnold M[arshall] Rose, editor, Race Prejudice and Discrimination: Readings in Intergroup Relations in the...
    • The current vogue seems to be to "borrow" Bob Gibson songs. Abominations like BUDDY BETTER GET ON DOWN THE LINE, a re-write of the Pete Seeger: Pete Steele: Dave Macon versions, also don't help the group. It is now a railroad song and a sort of teenage love song -⁠- both! Now don't get me wrong, I...[1960], Bob Dahle, “STRING ALONG WITH THE KINGSTON TRIO (Capitol 1407)”, in Paul Nelson, Jon Pankake, editors, The Little Sandy Review, number 6, Minneapolis, Minn., →ISSN, page 10

Examples of ethnicness in a sentence

  • Now don't get me wrong, I like ethnicness as well as the next guy, but ...[1960], Bob Dahle, “STRING ALONG WITH THE KINGSTON TRIO (Capitol 1407)”, in Paul Nelson, Jon Pankake, editors, The Little Sandy Review...
  • He appears to have hit upon a magically effective combination of trendy African “ethnicness” and the Western personal style to which many educated Africans still aspire.1975 June 15, Karen De Young, “[The Washington Post] Gowon’s Nigeria: So Rich It Hurts”, in AF Press Clips, volume X, number 25...

Origin of ethnicness

From ethnic + -ness.

Questions about ethnicness

What does ethnicness mean?
Ethnicness means the quality of being ethnic.
How do you use ethnicness in a sentence?
Now don't get me wrong, I like ethnicness as well as the next guy, but ...
What part of speech is ethnicness?
Ethnicness is a noun.

Words near ethnicness in the dictionary

  1. ethnicizes
  2. ethnicizing
  3. ethnick
  4. ethnicks
  5. ethnicky
  6. ethnicness
  7. ethnicon
  8. ethnics
  9. ethnie
  10. ethnies
  11. ethnika

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