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ethnogenesis

Syllables: eth·no·gen·e·sis

ethnogenesis noun: the emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity.

Noun

ethnogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural ethnogeneses)

  1. The emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity.

ethnogenesis meaning in Tamil

ethnogenesis in Tamil

இனக்குழுத் தோற்றம், இனக்குழுத்தோற்றம்

Forms of ethnogenesis

pluralethnogeneses

Origin of ethnogenesis

From ethno- + -genesis. While attested incidentally before the twentieth century, it gained currency particularly in the postwar era as a scholarly concept.

Questions about ethnogenesis

What does ethnogenesis mean?
Ethnogenesis means the emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity.
What is ethnogenesis in Tamil?
Ethnogenesis in Tamil is இனக்குழுத் தோற்றம், இனக்குழுத்தோற்றம். See Ethnogenesis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ethnogenesis?
Ethnogenesis is a noun.
What is the plural of ethnogenesis?
The plural of ethnogenesis is ethnogeneses.

Words near ethnogenesis in the dictionary

  1. ethnofederalism
  2. ethnofederalist
  3. ethnoflora
  4. ethnogamy
  5. ethnogeneses
  6. ethnogenesis
  7. ethnogenetic
  8. ethnogenetically
  9. ethnogenic
  10. ethnogenics
  11. ethnogenist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ethnogenesis (page history and authors); ethnogenesis (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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