Ethnic
Ethnic adjective - Denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people.
Usage example: ethnic food
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Synonyms for Ethnic
Social and ethnic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Social" instead an adjective "Ethnic".
Social
Social adjective - Living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups.
Usage example: a human being is a social animal
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Both words in one sentence
- Cats Don't Dance is set in an alternate 1930s where animals are trying to break into movies (and act as stand-ins for ethnic and social minorities).
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After World War II, it became a refuge for ethnic and social groups that had hard time settling anywhere else on the North Side.
- Yugoslavia also held on until 1991, when social and ethnic tensions exploded into The Yugoslav Wars - any pretense of Communism was quickly forgotten and aggressive nationalism became the order of the day.
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