ethnicism

English

Etymology

From ethnic +‎ -ism.

Noun

ethnicism (countable and uncountable, plural ethnicisms)

  1. An emphasis upon ethnic identity.
  2. Prejudice based on ethnic origin.
  3. (obsolete) heathenism; pagan superstition.
    1. (by extension, rare) religions from Antiquity regarded collectively apart from Christianity and Judaism.
      1. (by extension, rare) the characteristics of these religions.

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