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ethnize

ethnize verb: to make ethnic; to imbue with ethnic ties.

Verb

ethnize (third-person singular simple present ethnizes, present participle ethnizing, simple past and past participle ethnized)

  1. To make ethnic; to imbue with ethnic ties.

Forms of ethnize

third-person singular presentethnizes
present participleethnizing
past participleethnized
pastethnized
alternative formethnise

Origin of ethnize

From ethno- + -ize.

Questions about ethnize

What does ethnize mean?
Ethnize means to make ethnic; to imbue with ethnic ties.
What part of speech is ethnize?
Ethnize is a verb.
What is the past tense of ethnize?
The past tense of ethnize is ethnized.

Words near ethnize in the dictionary

  1. ethnikon
  2. ethnisation
  3. ethnise
  4. Ethniu
  5. ethnization
  6. ethnize
  7. ethnized
  8. ethnizes
  9. ethnizing
  10. ethno-
  11. ethno-neutral

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