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ethnic

[eth-nik] / ˈɛθ nɪk /
ADJECTIVE
racial, cultural
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Ethnic Persians are about half the population, and even those who detest the theocratic regime don’t want the country to break up or descend into civil war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Ethnic armies and other opposition groups have pledged to boycott the polls.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

In Michigan, Chin’s killing inspired the 1988 Ethnic Intimidation Act, which was sponsored by a Jewish state lawmaker, David Honigman from West Bloomfield Township.

From Salon • May 29, 2025

Ethnic studies teacher Amber Palma teaches at Firebaugh High School in Lynwood and virtually all of her students are Latino with immigrant backgrounds — and some degree of current political context is unavoidable.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

I have become notorious among certain leaders of America’s Ethnic Left.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez




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