Meaning of ethnicness | Babel Free

Definitions

The quality of being ethnic.

uncountable

Examples

“Today the tendency is to go to the other extreme and to insist that minority groups maintain their separate identity. There seems to be no good reason why ethnics who wish to remain segregated should not be permitted that choice, but those who wish to lose their “ethnicness” and become full-fledged American citizens should be encouraged rather than blocked in doing so.”

“The current vogue seems to be to "borrow" Bob Gibson songs. Abominations like BUDDY BETTER GET ON DOWN THE LINE, a re-write of the Pete Seeger: Pete Steele: Dave Macon versions, also don't help the group. It is now a railroad song and a sort of teenage love song -⁠- both! Now don't get me wrong, I like ethnicness as well as the next guy, but ...”

“[Yakubu] Gowon, educated at Britain’s famed Sandhurst military academy, is an ardent devotee of British manners and decorum. He appears to have hit upon a magically effective combination of trendy African “ethnicness” and the Western personal style to which many educated Africans still aspire.”

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