ethnicization

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noun

The act or process of making or becoming ethnic; ethnization.

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Meanings

nounethnicization (uncountable)

alternative ethnicisation

  1. uncountableThe act or process of making or becoming ethnic; ethnization.

    For instance, not only is Oscar racialized as black, we can also see an ethnicization of race whereby Oscar is constructed as a black American.

    2010, C. Richard King, Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo, Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo, Animating Difference, →ISBN, page 41

Origin

From ethnic + -ization.

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APA

ethnicization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnicization

MLA

“ethnicization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnicization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ethnicization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnicization.

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