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1. ethnic
adjective. ['ˈɛθnɪk'] denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people.
Antonyms
Etymology
- ethnique (French)
- ethnicus (Latin)
Rhymes with Ethnic
- atlantic
- authentic
- authentic
- demonic
- electronic
- gigantic
- hispanic
- midlantic
- napoleonic
- neoplatonic
- neotenic
- nucleonic
- oceanic
- organic
- orogenic
- ovonic
- sardonic
- supersonic
- transatlantic
- ultrasonic
Sentences with ethnic
1. Adjective
Supermarkets sell lentils but an ethnic market or health-food store may have a greater selection from which to choose.
Quotes about ethnic
1. The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.
- Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
2. The Bible may, indeed does, contain a warrant for trafficking in humans, for ethnic cleansing, for slavery, for bride-price, and for indiscriminate massacre, but we are not bound by any of it because it was put together by crude, uncultured human mammals.
- Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
3. I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences.
- Sonia Sotomayor
3. ethnic
adjective. ['ˈɛθnɪk'] not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- ethnique (French)
- ethnicus (Latin)