De-ethnicization

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of ceasing to be ethnic; de-ethnization. uncountable

    "The abandonment of a mother tongue leads to language death, and eventually to de-ethnicization, assimilation and gradual extinction of an ethnic entity […]"

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"The abandonment of a mother tongue leads to language death, and eventually to de-ethnicization, assimilation and gradual extinction of an ethnic entity […]"

Etymology

From de- + ethnicization; see the latter for more information and related terms.

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