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Ethnicity
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The list Ethnicity includes
Ethnic group, Ethnocentrism, Ethnolinguistic group, Ethnic religion and Ethnogenesis.
The list consists of 12 members
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Dominant minority
Minority group that holds a disproportionate amount of powerOverview: A dominant minority, also called elite dominance is a minority group that has overwhelming political, economic, or cultural dominance in a country, despite representing a small fraction of the overall ...
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Ethnic religion
Religion defined by the ethnicity of its adherents
Overview: In religious studies, an ethnic religion (or indigenous religion) is a religion associated with a particular ethnic group. Ethnic religions are often distinguished from universal religions which claim ... 0
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Nation
Stable community of people based on a common cultural or political identityOverview: A nation is a stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, history, ethnicity, or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture. 0
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Ethnography
Systematic study of people and culturesOverview: Ethnography is defined as an illuminative account of social life and culture in a particular social system based on multiple detailed observations of what people actually do in the social setting being ... 0
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Ethnic group
Socially defined category of people who identify with each other
Overview: An ethnic group, a people group, a people, or an ethnicity, is a category of people who identify with each other, usually on the basis of a presumed common genealogy or ancestry or on similarities such ... 0
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Ethnology
Branch of anthropology
Overview: Ethnology (from the Greek: ἔθνος, ethnos meaning "nation") is the branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different peoples and the relationships between them (compare ... 0
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Ethnolinguistic group
Ethnic group whose members are also unified by a common languageOverview: An ethnolinguistic group (or ethno-linguistic group) is a group that is unified by both a common ethnicity and language. Most ethnic groups share a first language. Despite this, the term is often used ... 0
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Ethnic enclave
Geographical spot with high concentration of certain ethnic groups
Overview: In sociology, an ethnic enclave is a geographic area with high ethnic concentration, characteristic cultural identity, and economic activity. The term is usually used to refer to either a residential area ... 0
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Exonym and endonym
Name variations of ethnic groups, languages, persons and placesOverview: An exonym or xenonym is an external name for a geographical place, a group of people, an individual person, or a language or dialect. It is a common name used only outside the place, group, or linguistic ... 0
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Ethnocentrism
Judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own cultureOverview: Ethnocentrism in social science and anthropology—as well as in colloquial English discourse—means to apply one's own culture or ethnicity as a frame of reference in order to judge other cultures, practices ... 0
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Ethnogenesis
Development of ethnic identityOverview: Ethnogenesis (from Greek ethnos ἔθνος, "group of people, nation", and genesis γένεσις, "beginning, coming into being"; plural ethnogeneses) is "the formation and development of an ethnic group." This can ... 0
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White Privilege Conference
Annual conferenceOverview: The White Privilege Conference is a yearly conference held to discuss the issue of white privilege. 0
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