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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people;
- Example: "influenced by ethnic and cultural ties"- J.F.Kennedy
- Example: "ethnic food"
[syn: cultural, ethnic, ethnical]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ethnic \Eth"nic\, Ethnical \Eth"nic*al\, a. [L. ethnicus, Gr. ?, fr. ? nation, ? ? the nations, heathens, gentiles: cf. F. ethnique.] 1. Belonging to races or nations; based on distinctions of race; ethnological. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan; -- opposed to Jewish and Christian. [1913 Webster] 3. of or pertaining to a group having a distinct racial, cultural, religious or linguistic character; as, ethnic differences within a population can cause civil war. [PJC] 4. being a member of a distinct racial or cultural minority within a larger population; as, ethnic Chinese own most of the businesses in Indonesia. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ethnical adj 1: denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people; "influenced by ethnic and cultural ties"- J.F.Kennedy; "ethnic food" [syn: cultural, ethnic, ethnical]