Definitions for ethnics

ethnics eth·nic

Spelling: [eth-nik]
IPA: /ˈɛθ nɪk/

Ethnics is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 219 anagrams from letters in ethnics (cehinst).

Definitions for ethnics

noun

  1. a member of an ethnic group.

adjective

  1. pertaining to or characteristic of a people, especially a group (ethnic group) sharing a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like.
  2. referring to the origin, classification, characteristics, etc., of such groups.
  3. being a member of an ethnic group, especially of a group that is a minority within a larger society:
  4. of, relating to, or characteristic of members of such a group.
  5. belonging to or deriving from the cultural, religious, or linguistic traditions of a people or country:
  6. (of a human being) displaying characteristics, as in physical appearance, language, or accent, that can cause one to be identified by others as a member of a minority ethnic group:
  7. Obsolete. pagan; heathen.

Origin of ethnics

1325-75; Middle English ethnik heathen Late Latin ethnicus Greek ethnikós. See ethno-, -ic

Examples for ethnics

“It is a combination of ethnics, extreme leftists, and misguided people,” he said.

Later writers have expressed divergent views regarding the ethnics of the British Isles.

The which when both Christians and ethnics beheld, every one applied to his proper religion.

Word Value for ethnics
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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