ETHNIC

heathen, heathenish, pagan, ethnic

(adjective) not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam

cultural, ethnic, ethnical

(adjective) 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”

ethnic

(noun) a person who is a member of an ethnic group

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

ethnic (comparative more ethnic, superlative most ethnic)

Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.

Characteristic of a foreign, usually non-Western culture.

Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.

(historical) Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.

Synonyms

• (culturally foreign): exotic

• (heathen): pagan, gentile

Noun

ethnic (plural ethnics)

An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.

An ethnic minority.

(archaic) A heathen, a pagan.

(in classical scholarship) the demonym of an Ancient Greek city

Anagrams

• techni-

Source: Wiktionary

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Eth"nic, Eth"nic*al, a. Etym: [L. ethnicus, Gr. ethnique.]

1. Belonging to races or nations; based on distinctions of race; ethnological.

2. Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan; -- opposed to Jewish and Christian.

Eth"nic n.

Definition: A heathen; a pagan. [Obs.] No better reported than impure ethnic and lay dogs. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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