multiethnic
nounEtymology From multi- + ethnic.
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A member of more than one ethnic group.
multiethnic
adjEtymology From multi- + ethnic.
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Of, pertaining to, or consisting of several ethnic groups.
- In general, they are propagating the image of Ukrainians as the European descendants of good peasant stock, of multiethnic pioneers, and of an ancient multiethnic state.1993, Alexander J. Motyl, Dilemmas of Independence: Ukraine After Totalitarianism:
- As a multicultural and multiethnic society, Singapore has four official languages: Malay, Mandarin, Tamil, and English, with Malay considered the national language and English as a nominally neutral ‘working language’ allowing communication across all communities.2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 3:
- Derived terms
- multiethnically, multiethnicity