multiethnic

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English

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Etymology

From multi- +‎ ethnic.

Adjective

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multiethnic (comparative more multiethnic, superlative most multiethnic)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of several ethnic groups.
    • 1993, Alexander J. Motyl, Dilemmas of Independence: Ukraine After Totalitarianism:
      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.
    • 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:
      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.

Usage notes

In 2006 British anthropological surveys by Peter J. Aspinall et al, out of 311 student respondents who identified as “mixed race” and 15 who did not, seven found the term “multiethnic” offensive and 23 indicated it was a preferred term.

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Noun

multiethnic (plural multiethnics)

  1. A member of more than one ethnic group.

References

  1. ^ Aspinall, Peter J. (2009 April) “'Mixed Race', 'Mixed Origins' or What? Generic Terminology for the Multiple Racial/Ethnic Group Population”, in Houtman, Gustaaf, editor, Anthropology Today‎, volume 25, number 2, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, →DOI, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2010-07-15, pages 3–8
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