eth‧nic 1 W3 AC / eθnɪk / 形容词

1 relating to a particular race, nation, or tribe and their customs and traditions :

The school teaches pupils from different ethnic groups .

ethnic Russians in Estonia

ethnic violence/divisions/strife etc (= violence etc between people from different races or cultures )

ethnic background/origin

The students are from a variety of ethnic backgrounds.

plans to partition the republic along ethnic lines (= in a way that keeps different ethnic groups apart )

2 ethnic cooking/fashion/design etc cooking, fashion etc from countries that are far away, which seems very different and unusual :

ethnic music

— ethnically / -kli / 副词 :

Surinam is culturally and ethnically diverse.

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an ethnic group People of Ukrainian descent are Canada’s fifth largest ethnic group.

an ethnic minority (= a small ethnic group living within a much larger group ) Ethnic minorities have tended to live together in the same areas of the city.

ethnic origin/background (= the race or country that someone originally came from ) Schools are increasingly composed of pupils of different religions and different ethnic origins.

an ethnic Russian/Albanian etc (= someone whose family is Russian etc, but who is living in another country ) Romania’s 1.6 million ethnic Hungarians make up about 7 percent of the country’s population.

an ethnic mix (= a mixture of people from different ethnic groups who live in the same place ) The city has a wonderful ethnic mix.

ethnic diversity (= the fact of including people from many different ethnic groups ) Chicago prides itself on its ethnic diversity.

ethnic violence/conflict (= fighting or trouble between different ethnic groups ) Hundreds were killed and injured in the country’s worst outbreak of ethnic violence.

ethnic divisions (= disagreements between members of different ethnic groups ) Ethnic divisions continue to plague parts of America.

ethnic tension (= a feeling of tension and lack of trust between members of different ethnic groups ) It is feared that the growing ethnic tension could lead to civil war.

an ethnic identity (= the feeling of belonging to one race or national group ) These small tribal communities share a common ethnic identity.