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ethnisation

ethnisation is the alternative spelling of ethnization.

Meaning of ethnization

Noun

ethnization (uncountable)

  1. The act or process of making a group into, or of becoming as a group, an ethnicity or distinct people.
    • This ethnization observed by Bukow and Llaryora in the conceptualization of newly immigrated minorities can also be observed with regard to "resident" minorities like the Sorbs.1998, Ethnologia Europaea, volumes 27-29, page 148

Origin of ethnisation

From ethno- + -isation.

Words formed from ethnisation

Questions about ethnisation

What is ethnisation the alternative spelling of?
Ethnisation is the alternative spelling of ethnization.

Words near ethnisation in the dictionary

  1. ethnics
  2. ethnie
  3. ethnies
  4. ethnika
  5. ethnikon
  6. ethnisation
  7. ethnise
  8. Ethniu
  9. ethnization
  10. ethnize
  11. ethnized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ethnisation (page history and authors); ethnization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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