ETHNIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ethnic mean? 

• ETHNIC (noun)
  The noun ETHNIC has 1 sense:

1. a person who is a member of an ethnic group

  Familiarity information: ETHNIC used as a noun is very rare.

• ETHNIC (adjective)
  The adjective ETHNIC has 2 senses:

1. denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people

2. not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam

  Familiarity information: ETHNIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ETHNIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is a member of an ethnic group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("ethnic" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

• ETHNIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people

Synonyms:

cultural; ethnic; ethnical

Context example:

ethnic food

Similar:

social (living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups)

Derivation:

ethnicity (an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam

Synonyms:

ethnic; heathen; heathenish; pagan

Similar:

irreligious (hostile or indifferent to religion)

 Context examples 

Also, sImilar to the concept of ethnic origin which is an attempt to classify people, not according to their current ethnicity, but according to where their ancestors came from.

(Ethnicity, NCI Thesaurus)

The concept of ethnic origin is an attempt to classify people, not according to their current ethnicity, but according to where their ancestors came from.

(Ethnic Origin, NCI Thesaurus)

A coded value specifying the self-declared ethnic origination, independent of racial origination.

(Ethnic Group Code, NCI Thesaurus)

These include: • Racial and ethnic minorities • Residents of rural areas • Women, children, the elderly • Persons with disabilities

(Health Disparities, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Mortality may be reported for people who have a certain disease, live in one area of the country, or who are of a certain gender, age, or ethnic group.

(Mortality, NCI Dictionary)

A coded value specifying a self-declared racial origination, independent of ethnic origination.

(Person Race Code, NCI Thesaurus)

It is predominantly a disease of older white women of northern European extraction, but it is seen in all ages and ethnic groups.

(Ovarian Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The consideration of race and/or ethnic origin as variables in disease incident, transmission, and control.

(Epidemiology, Race/Ethnic Origin, NCI Thesaurus)

Relatively uniform groups (e.g. etiologically and pathogenetically more homogeneous, racial, ethnic, or gender-specific, or the disease- or condition-specific) of study subjects formed within a clinical study population for a separate analysis.

(Clinical Study Population Subgroup, NCI Thesaurus)

The study aimed to better understand how genomic variants influence the risk of forming certain diseases in people of different ethnic groups.

(Study of multiethnic genomes identifies 27 genetic variants associated with disease, National Institutes of Health)