Ethnization
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act or process of making a group into, or of becoming as a group, an ethnicity or distinct people. uncountable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From ethno- + -ization.
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