ethnic diversity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofethnicanddiversity
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ethnic
adjective
uk/ˈeθ.nɪk/us/ˈeθ.nɪk/
relating or belonging to a group of people who can be seen as distinct (= different) because they have a shared culture, tradition, language, history, ...
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diversity
noun[S or U]
uk/daɪˈvɜː.sə.ti/us/dɪˈvɝː.sə.t̬i/
the fact of many different types of things or people being included in something; a range of different things ...
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(Definition ofethnicanddiversityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Multi-culturalists, on the contrary, advocated a more diverse immigrant policy, one that takesethnicdiversityinto consideration.
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This is, of course, most clearly visible in many popular narratives ofethnicdiversity.
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Within this project, citizenship was grounded upon a set of democratic political institutions rather than upon a recognition of cultural and/orethnicdiversity.
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Military expansion createdethnicdiversityas foreigners came under control of the state.
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But the committee eventually addressed many related matters as well, among them the treatment ofethnicdiversityin the pages of the newspaper itself.
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The measure accounts for bothethnicdiversityand the relative sizes of ethnic groups in comparison to the national population.
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An effective state will find ways to harnessethnicdiversityfor positive economic returns.
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Ethnicdiversityas well as geographical location and different levels of complexity in social organisations affected women's ability to leave historical tracts.
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It is also clear that there is wideethnicdiversityamong the study sites.
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At a concrete level, we might ask how well our society has done in terms of accepting racial andethnicdiversityover the past several generations.
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One of the main effects of globalisation has been to create much greaterethnicdiversityin many communities, as a result of migration for a wide variety of reasons.
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Now how does one cultivate consent in an area where there isethnicdiversity?
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However, we also have a vibrant community, with extraordinaryethnicdiversitythat is expressed in commerce and culture.
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We have not yet come to terms withethnicdiversity.
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Intending teachers will also need to have a basic understanding of theethnicdiversityof the society in which their pupils are growing up.
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One of the reasons is greaterethnicdiversity.
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Ethnicdiversityin the community means that there must beethnicdiversityin the police force.
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I am glad to hear that initial teacher training will take account of theethnicdiversityof our society.
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