ethnic identity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofethnicandidentity
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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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identity
noun
uk/aɪˈden.tə.ti/us/aɪˈden.t̬ə.t̬i/
a person's name and other facts about who ...
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(Definition ofethnicandidentityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is no wonder that, as nationalist identities intensified in the city,ethnicidentityremained important and ethnic groups vowed not to disband.
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One set of supportive links arose around discussions ofethnicidentityand migration.
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It is suggested that an early intercultural approach, involving the whole class, should be used to help maintain theethnicidentityof the children.
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We will focus our attention here on neighborhood contexts and pertinent issues ofethnicidentity, two areas highlighted in our recent work.
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There are numerous challenges in studyingethnicidentity.
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Few researchers have attempted to understand the roleethnicidentityplays in the resiliency of these burgeoning adults.
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Ethnicidentityis not only a complex issue but also one that many deem "personal" as well.
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Its function as a marker ofethnicidentitycannot of course be overlooked.
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The differences in dialect use for these older children are most frequently explained relative to peer identification and expression ofethnicidentityby teenagers.
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Our response should be to investigate the contemporary motivations to such claims and the social, political and legal institutions that seek to wieldethnicidentity.
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He points out thatethnicidentityis malleable, changeable over time and according to situation (193).
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The stronger link between political elites and the citizenry is through the less tangible bonds ofethnicidentity.
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The music is formative of a sense of collectiveethnicidentity.
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Democracy operates in real spaces and political discourses reflect contested territorialities, from issues of national orethnicidentityto decentralisation.
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In one of these chapters, he presents a psychoanalytic critique ofethnicidentityas a ' collective defense mechanism ' (p. xiii).
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This is a harsh word with which to describe someone whose only offense is to change hisethnicidentity.
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This book underscores the importance of women and domesticity in the definition of group orethnicidentity.
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