ethnic tension

collocation in English

meaningsofethnicandtension

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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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tension
noun
uk
/ˈten.ʃən/us
/ˈten.ʃən/
a feeling of nervousness before an important or ...
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(Definition ofethnicandtensionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofethnic tension

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They do not study the cases of seriousethnictensionwhich get successfully defused.
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Ethnictensionis once again mounting.
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It is interesting, for example, that there seems to have been an upsurge inethnictensionin all eight countries during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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On the contrary,ethnictensionin many places seems to be increasing rather than declining.
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Certainly, there is potential forethnictensionto escalate into violence.
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This has resulted inethnictension.
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Ethnictensionis a considerable problem in the republic.
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The city has been at times marked byethnictension.
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Ethnictensionthreatened to divide the nascent union.
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In any case, the return of land by tribal courts and the possible escalation ofethnictensionas a result is an important issue to monitor in the coming years.
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Indeed, there is a painful paradox when our services have an enviably outstanding record for peacekeeping across the world in the midst ofethnictension.
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In some cases, the colonial period fuelled the growth ofethnictensionfrom which we are still reaping the results today.
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This sequence of events led to an increase inethnictensionand violence.
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Ethnictensioncame to a boil in 1855, during the mayor's office election.
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The region is experiencingethnictensionbetween the plains and hill people.
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Another factor was immigration and demographic changes that led toethnictensionbetween the workers.
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He then entered business, exporting cocoa during the height of theethnictension.
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Theethnictensionthat resulted because of this, especially during dtente, was a sign of the oncoming war.
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This can lead to food shortages which will then cause political debate,ethnictension, and civil unrest.
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Wars and armed conflicts,ethnictension, systematic violations of human rights, natural disasters and the lack of proper economic and democratic structures are the main causes of these flows.
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The requirement that there must be no possible alternative is particularly true when racial orethnictensionis the cause of the incompatibility.
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They were not given land to compensate for their labor as future immigrant groups received, seeding the beginning ofethnictension.
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Over the years, a number of its editors and managers have been arrested by authorities after publishing articles concerningethnictension, lack of rule of law and corruption.
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