ethnization

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noun

The act or process of making a group into, or of becoming as a group, an ethnicity or distinct people.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

nounethnization (uncountable)

alternative ethnisation

  1. uncountableThe act or process of making a group into, or of becoming as a group, an ethnicity or distinct people.

    This ethnization observed by Bukow and Llaryora in the conceptualization of newly immigrated minorities can also be observed with regard to "resident" minorities like the Sorbs.

    1998, Ethnologia Europaea, volumes 27-29, page 148
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    The minority groups show no strong tendency towards ethnization; the formation of groups is hardly used as an instrument to gain a better position in the labor market, the housing market, or education, if at all.

    2013, Education for Democratic Citizenship, →ISBN, page 106

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