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Belonging to races or nations; based on distinctions of race; ethnological.
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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.
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being a member of a distinct racial or cultural minority within a larger population; as, ethnic Chinese own most of the businesses in Indonesia.
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a member of an ethnic group.
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refers to groups of people who are of a common race, nationality, culture or who share similar traits or customs (Many religious and ethnic groups have settled in the Pinelands.)
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Dances that have been created and used by a specific group within a culture, when they are performed outside the original culture.
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Belonging to a common group often linked by race, nationality, and language with common cultural heritage and/or derivation.
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A group of people sharing the same national origins, language, or culture
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a nation or people, or relating to races or large groups of people classed according to common traits and customs.
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Relating to a group of people that have the same distinctive racial, religious, or cultural background
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May be used for racial or national groups; preferable to racial ( national is also a preferable word or sometimes heritage).
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Of or relating to sizable groups of people with a common, distinctive racial, national, religious, linguistic, or cultural heritage.
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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"
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something or someone from a specific cultural group.  158
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Usually sheer hosiery (knee-high, stockings) dyed in colours designed to compliment the natural skin tones of various ethnic population groups.
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used to describe a culture that is different from the "dominant" culture, in terms including language and linguistics, race, religion, national origin, and various combinations of these factors. An ethnic group is a subculture, usually based on shared traditions and characteristics. Ethnicity is different from race per se in that: while race denotes biological traits, ethnicity is used to describe cultural traits that may well cross racial lines.
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relating to nationalities of large groups of people classed according to common traits and customs; a member of a minority group who retains the customs, language or social views of the group
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Relating to sizable social groups sharing a common and distinctive racial, national, religious, linguistic, or cultural heritage.
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(1) of or relating to a sizable group of people sharing a common and distinctive racial, national, religious, linguistic, or cultural heritage, (2) being a member of a particular ethnic group, especially belonging to a national group by heritage or culture but residing outside its national boundaries, (3) of, relating to, or distinctive of members of such a group.
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Referring to a shared sense of common religion, race, national, and/or cultural identity.
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Art typical of a specific nationality or a design based on folk art. Details...
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Of or relating to people grouped according to a common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin.
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disposition of otherness that result in tribes, nacions, possess, and other "communities of consciousness" [Imara] 1. sharing cultural characteristics: sharing distinctive cultural traits as a group in society: 2. of a group sharing cultural characteristics: relating to a group or groups in society with distinctive cultural traits: 3. of specified origin or culture: relating to a person or to a large group of people who share a national, racial, linguistic, or religious heritage, whether or not they reside in their countries of origin: 4. culturally traditional: belonging to or typical of the traditional culture of a social group
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From Late Latin ethnicus, from Greek ethnikos, from ethnos, meaning a people, a nation] Of or relating to a sizable group of people sharing a common and distinctive racial, national, religious, linguistic, or cultural heritage.
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Of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background.
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A large group of people classed according to race
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Particular to a group sharing a common origin, culture or language. (of Indian origin in case of all our products)
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An adjective used to refer to a group of individuals who share and identify with certain common traits, such as language, ancestry, homeland, history, and cultural traditions.
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refers to designs with elements suggesting the culture or traditional designs of a particular group of people.
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patterns influenced by the culture of other regions
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