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ethnosymbolism

ethnosymbolism noun: a school of thought in the study of nationalism that stresses the importance of symbols, myths, values, and traditions in the formation and persistence of the modern nation-state.

Noun

ethnosymbolism (uncountable)

  1. A school of thought in the study of nationalism that stresses the importance of symbols, myths, values, and traditions in the formation and persistence of the modern nation-state.

Origin of ethnosymbolism

From ethno- + symbolism.

Questions about ethnosymbolism

What does ethnosymbolism mean?
Ethnosymbolism means a school of thought in the study of nationalism that stresses the importance of symbols, myths, values, and traditions in the formation and persistence of the modern nation-state.
What part of speech is ethnosymbolism?
Ethnosymbolism is a noun.

Words near ethnosymbolism in the dictionary

  1. ethnostatistical
  2. ethnostatistics
  3. ethnosuicide
  4. ethnosupremacist
  5. ethnosymbolic
  6. ethnosymbolism
  7. ethnotaxonomic
  8. ethnotaxonomical
  9. ethnotaxonomy
  10. ethnoterritorial
  11. ethnoterritorially

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