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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Traditional and ethnic are semantically related. in cultural topic. In some cases you can use "Traditional" instead an adjective "Ethnic", when it comes to topics like racial.
Traditional
Traditional adjective - Based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation.
Ethnic and traditional are semantically related. You can use "Ethnic" instead an adjective "Traditional".
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Goldsmith was also a studious researcher of ethnic music, and found uses for South American Zampoñas in Under Fire, native tribal chants in Congo, and brilliantly interwove a traditional Irish folk melody with African rhythms in The Ghost and the Darkness.
Source: Music / Jerry Goldsmith -
A white member of a multi-ethnic team tends to stand out even more than the traditional Token and is more likely to be lampshaded.
Source: Token White - As the ethnic composition of the working class, particularly in the Southwest, shifted from white to Latino, the wagons shifted to traditional Mexican food, becoming Taco Trucks.
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