Civil and Ethnic

Civil

Civil adjective - Of or relating to a nation.

Ethnic and civil are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ethnic" instead an adjective "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".

Both words in one sentence

  • 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.
  • We Help the Helpless They are, amongst other things, hired by the UN to clean up civil wars and stop ethnic cleansing.
  • Mighty Whitey 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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