as in racial
of, relating to, or reflecting the traits exhibited by a group of people with a common ancestry and culture
a festival featuring ethnic food and music
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Recent Examples of ethnic
Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has been fighting a multi-front war against pro-democracy fighters and ethnic armed groups after seizing power in 2021, with credible and widespread reports of atrocities against the people.
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Ross Adkin, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
One doctor claimed that the military was using its control over checkpoints to block medicine from going to areas controlled by pro-democracy forces and ethnic groups.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 3 Apr. 2025
The peace deal established a power-sharing agreement between the country’s largest ethnic groups, Mr. Kiir’s Dinka and Mr. Machar’s Nuer, which fought a bloody civil war that erupted roughly two years after South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011.
—Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
At one point, Roth allowed a question about whether a map wouldn’t show similar concentrations of Poles, an ethnic group with a reputation for insularity.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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Ross Adkin, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
One doctor claimed that the military was using its control over checkpoints to block medicine from going to areas controlled by pro-democracy forces and ethnic groups.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 3 Apr. 2025
The peace deal established a power-sharing agreement between the country’s largest ethnic groups, Mr. Kiir’s Dinka and Mr. Machar’s Nuer, which fought a bloody civil war that erupted roughly two years after South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011.
—Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
At one point, Roth allowed a question about whether a map wouldn’t show similar concentrations of Poles, an ethnic group with a reputation for insularity.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Ethnic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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