What does the word ethnic mean?

Answer 1

Ethnic is a noun or adjective describing a social group that recognizes its members have a common national or cultural tradition. Ethnic cloths or other items are items with the distinct (usually decorative or styalistic) characteristics of those used by a particular ethnic group. The word ethnic can also denote origin by birth or family relationship rather than nationality (ethnic Turks).

Word History: When it is said in a Middle English text written before 1400 that a part of a temple fell down and "mad a gret distruccione of ethnykis," one wonders why ethnics were singled out for death. The word ethnic in this context, however, means "gentile," coming as it does from the Greek adjective ethnikos, meaning "national, foreign, gentile."

Max Weber once famously remarked that "the whole conception of ethnic groups is so complex and so vague that it might be good to abandon it altogether."

Max Weber [1922]1978 Economy and Society eds. Guenther Roth and Claus Wittich, trans. Ephraim Fischof, vol. 2 Berkeley: University of California Press, 389

Answer 2

The origin of race is a term that is related to different animals, such as the Human race, or a race of dogs, or cats. It is specifically related to the fundamental differences between different species. Ethnicity, or ethnic background, on the other hand is determined by the different Ideals, nationalities, and in some cases is determined by the color of skin in the region. take, for example, the Chinese, Japanese, and other Asian nations. They are darker than white people, but lighter than, say, an African. They also practice different religion, and have differing social structures than each other. That is the fundamental difference between them. they are not two separate entities altogether; they are just people from different regions of the world. So "race" is not truly applicable to what people apply it to today, and it is not a replacement for the word "ethnicity."

Answer 3

etinicity means the colour of someones skin e.g. Taylor Swift is white.

Ethnicity does not mean skin color.

Ethnicity is the ethnic group or groups that people identify with or feel they belong to. Ethnicity is a measure of cultural affiliation, as opposed to race, ancestry, nationality or citizenship. Ethnicity is self perceived and people can belong to more than one ethnic group.

An ethnic group is made up of people who have some or all of the following characteristics:

• a common proper name
• one or more elements of common culture which need not be specified, but may include religion, customs, or
• language
• unique community of interests, feelings and actions
• a shared sense of common origins or ancestry, and
• a common geographic origin.

Answer 4

it means ethnic quality or affiliation

2 : a particular etnic affiliation or group ethnicities>