inter-ethnic conflict

collocation in English

meaningsofinterethnicandconflict

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interethnic
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌɪn.tərˈeθ.nɪk/us
/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈeθ.nɪk/
between different ethnic groups (= a group of people that share a culture, history, language, ...
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conflict
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkɒn.flɪkt/us
/ˈkɑːn.flɪkt/
an active disagreement between people with opposing opinions ...
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(Definition ofinterethnicandconflictfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This trend, in avoidinginter-ethnicconflict, may in the end heighten intra-ethnic tensions between those pursuing traditional activities and those not.
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Considerable movements of population have been caused by wars between nations,inter-ethnicconflictand other kinds of violence, on a scale unimaginable in any previous century.
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We are not dealing with a great area of peace, serenity, tranquillity, progress and economic development which just has one rather serious recurring problem ofinter-ethnicconflict.
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The state has experienced insurgency as well asinter-ethnicconflict, since the 1950s.
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Often, these refugees were not fleeing wars between states, butinter-ethnicconflictin newly independent states.
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Moscow gained an opportunity to present the events as aninter-ethnicconflictit could then position itself as peacemaker restoring order in a troubled republic.
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Ethnic and linguistic homogeneity facilitates economic modernization, mass education, and governance by reducing transaction costs and inter-ethnic conflicts and providing legitimacy for the nation-state.
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We should bear in mind, however, that this ethnic consciousness did not at all preclude ' intra-ethnic ' feuds, which were probably as frequent or even more important than inter-ethnic conflicts.
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It is intended to address and reduce inter-ethnic conflicts.
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The more general task, also for the time after the referendum, was to build up local expertise for preventing and mediating in inter-ethnic conflicts in the region.
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