ethnic rivalry

collocation in English

meaningsofethnicandrivalry

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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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rivalry
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈraɪ.vəl.ri/us
/ˈraɪ.vəl.ri/
a situation in which people, businesses, etc. compete with each other for the ...
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(Definition ofethnicandrivalryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofethnic rivalry

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The ending of the superpower stand-off, however, has aggravated conditions that contribute toethnicrivalryand tension.
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Thisethnicrivalrybetween the two organisations also carried political overtones as to which tribe should ' naturally ' lead the south.
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Today, in too many parts of the world, nationalism andethnicrivalry—frequently aggravated and fuelled by economic disadvantage and social injustice—threaten global stability.
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Both clubs denied that the fight was racially motivated or that there was anyethnicrivalry.
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Aronson noticed that the schools' highly competitive atmosphere was exacerbating the already tenseethnicrivalry.
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There is going to be instability based on ethnic rivalries, economic rivalries and religious rivalries.
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However, they had to be careful about ethnic rivalries.
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Political factions, racial and ethnic rivalries, and personality clashes arose following his death.
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