Civil
Ethnic
Ethnic adjective - Of, relating to, or reflecting the traits exhibited by a group of people with a common ancestry and culture.
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Synonyms for Ethnic
Civil and ethnic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Civil" instead an adjective "Ethnic".
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- This leaves Valeria in yet another civil war, which each one of the ethnic groups being led by a different pretender, all trying to become King.
Source: Unexpected Successor -
They are, amongst other things, hired by the UN to clean up civil wars and stop ethnic cleansing.
Source: We Help the Helpless -
Nor could they conscript ethnic Chinese to fill the role of civil servants, for the Chinese people were sullen under their conquerors and would surely try to sabotage their rule.
Source: Mighty Whitey
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