Ethnicization

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of making or becoming ethnic; ethnization. uncountable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From ethnic + -ization.

Related phrases

de-ethnicizationre-ethnicization

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