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meta-ethnicity

meta-ethnicity noun: a level of commonality that is broader than ethnicity, but does not necessarily correspond to (and may actually transcend) nationality.

Noun

meta-ethnicity (uncountable)

  1. A level of commonality that is broader than ethnicity, but does not necessarily correspond to (and may actually transcend) nationality.

Forms of meta-ethnicity

alternative formmetaethnicity

Origin of meta-ethnicity

From meta- + ethnicity.

Questions about meta-ethnicity

What does meta-ethnicity mean?
Meta-ethnicity means a level of commonality that is broader than ethnicity, but does not necessarily correspond to (and may actually transcend) nationality.
What part of speech is meta-ethnicity?
Meta-ethnicity is a noun.

Words near meta-ethnicity in the dictionary

  1. meta-communications
  2. meta-epistemology
  3. meta-ethical
  4. meta-ethics
  5. meta-ethnic
  6. meta-ethnicity
  7. meta-ethnographic
  8. meta-ethnographies
  9. meta-ethnography
  10. meta-evaluation
  11. meta-evaluations

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