Meanings
nounethnopoiesis (uncountable)
- rareuncountableThe process of establishing an ethnic group
Ethnopoiesis is, therefore, a much more fitting term. If identities, or more precisely: ethnicities are made in a process of ethnopoiesis, they are consciously shaped, reshaped or perpetuated; they become part of tradition, if they are found they are heritage.
2016, Stefan Burkhardt, Norman Tradition and Transcultural Heritage
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ethnopoiesis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnopoiesis
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